The man leading Trump’s nuclear renaissance
By Callie Patteson
Published June 10, 2026 7:00am ET
VIDEO
ROCKVILLE, Maryland — From the 17th floor of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, Chairman Ho K. Nieh can see what he describes as a “memorial” to the nuclear energy renaissance that was expected in the early to mid-2000s, but that failed to materialize.
It is a third agency building, just across the road, that was erected to support nearly double the number of employees than the commission has today, as regulators expected to see a flood of requests to build nuclear reactors across the United States.
The building was never filled to its capacity and serves as a reminder for Nieh of the revival that was quickly killed by the “three F’s” – fracking, the financial crisis, and the Fukushima nuclear accident of 2011.
Now, roughly 20 years later, Nieh is spearheading the most significant regulatory changes in decades to ensure that this time, the nuclear revival won’t fall apart
.
Nieh’s path to leading the NRC began as a child living in New York as the son of Chinese immigrants. As he began to figure out what he wanted to do with his life, Nieh remembered watching his father work as a welder at the Indian Point nuclear power plant just 25 miles north of New York City.
Growing up, he remembered hearing about accidents at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania or Chernobyl in Ukraine, or watching the fallout on TV, but recalled that they never struck fear in his heart.
Instead, the nuclear energy industry piqued his interest.
...
READ MORE: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-and-environment/4600765/the-man-leading-trump-nuclear-renaissance/
***
Chân thành cám ơn Quý Anh Chị ghé thăm "conbenho Nguyễn Hoài Trang Blog"
Xin được lắng nghe ý kiến chia sẻ của Quý Anh Chị trực tiếp tại Diễn Đàn Paltalk: 1Latdo Tapdoan Vietgian CSVN Phanquoc Bannuoc.
Kính Chúc Sức Khỏe Quý Anh Chị.
conbenho
Tiểu Muội quantu
Nguyễn Hoài Trang
11062026
__________________________
Cộng sản Việt Nam là TỘI ÁC
Bao che, dung dưỡng TỘI ÁC là ĐỒNG LÕA với TỘI ÁC
No comments:
Post a Comment