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

The Supreme Court on Wednesday restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico, ...

In a 6-3 decision, the court said Texas and oil industry interests cannot fight the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval ...

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

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold the NRC's licensing of a nuclear waste facility in Texas, dismissing a challenge ...

On Wednesday, June 18, the Supreme Court also released the following opinions: — In Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas, ...

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

If Wright is confirmed by the Senate and remains chair, his job will be to implement White House orders to speed up reviews ...

X-energy Reactor Company, LLC ("X-energy" or the "Company") has received key updates from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory ...

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