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The transformation of the NRC: 50 years of commissioners
The dust is beginning to settle following the whirlwind of changes at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over the past year, and 2025 ultimately may be viewed as a transformative year, as well as the year the NRC celebrated its golden anniversary. The 12 months of that milestone year brought more change to the agency in its composition, its mandate, and its relationship to the executive branch than any comparable period in the preceding four decades.
Now at 51 years and counting, the NRC is working with a full commission and issuing new rulemakings to both regulate and support the next round of nuclear deployments. With the turbulence of 2025 still fresh in our minds, Nuclear News decided it was a good time to revisit the professional backgrounds of all 42 NRC commissioners who have served over the agency’s 50-year history to see how the composition of the commission has evolved over time.
Inform and Inspire the Next Generation Series
July 21, 2020|9:00–10:30AM (10:00–11:30AM EDT)
Available to All Users
We invite you to register for the first webinar of the new Inform and Inspire the Next Generation Series, which highlights successful youth outreach initiatives around the world.
This webinar, free and open to all, is sponsored by the American Nuclear Society (ANS), the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future (NICE Future) initiative, the CEM Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) initiative, and the International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC). The new series showcases educational activities that inspire the next generation to explore energy solutions, including nuclear energy technologies for clean, reliable, resilient, and integrated systems.
This webinar presents new ways experts are growing the next generation of young minds with innovative approaches to STEM education. Starting with a discussion of successful new programs in the U.S., the webinar will preview upcoming webinars in the series focusing on other countries.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will set the stage with a global perspective by discussing resources and national approaches available to nuclear newcomer countries. Next, our C3E speaker will highlight ongoing efforts to advance gender diversity in clean energy professions.
We will then turn to our U.S. focus story, "Navigating Nuclear: Energizing our World." This platform is brought to us by ANS and Discovery Education, with support from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE/NE). Navigating Nuclear provides educators with dynamic, standards-aligned tools to dig deeper into the role of nuclear science in fields like power generation, medicine, space exploration, food preservation, molecular science, and much more. Observe an interactive suite of FREE classroom resources, such as a virtual field trip to Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
Learn how these initiatives engage educators and students, setting the stage for enhanced professional development for educators in nuclear energy-related studies. Initiatives at INL and DOE/NE will also be discussed.
Panelists
The CEM Opportunity and Countries' Involvement
Curriculum Discovery: Spotlighting the U.S.
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