Hanson was appointed to the NRC by Trump in 2020 and named chair by then-President Joe Biden in 2021. His renomination by ...

NRC Commissioner Christopher Hanson’s dismissal comes as the White House has sought control over independent agencies.

President Donald Trump fired Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Christopher Hanson on Friday, abruptly ousting the Biden ...

Christopher Hanson received a terse “effective immediately” dismissal note signed by the deputy director for presidential ...

President Trump on Friday fired a Democratic member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which the commissioner says ...

House and Senate Democrats slammed President Donald Trump’s decision to fire Democratic Nuclear Regulatory Commission Member ...

The dismissal came after President Trump signed several executive orders aimed at cutting safety regulations for nuclear ...

President Donald Trump has signed executive orders aimed at speeding up approvals of nuclear reactors on U.S. soil during his ...

“We urge President [Joe] Biden to renominate Chris Hanson and another Democratic nominee as soon as possible and for the Senate to prioritize their confirmations, so that the NRC can return to a ...

Chair Chris Hanson also said the agency has “learned a lot” from recent industry setbacks, including the cancellation of the sole advanced nuclear project with an NRC license and the years of ...

President Donald Trump fired Christopher Hanson, a Democratic member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the latest in a ...

Christopher Hanson was appointed to serve on the commission overseeing the nation's nuclear reactors by President Biden in 2020.