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 ...

The Supreme Court on June 18 rejected challenges to a nuclear waste storage site on the Texas-New Mexico border.

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

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

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

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

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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 ...