Editing Nuclear Regulatory Commission (section)

==Mission and commissioners==
The NRC protects public health and safety and advances the nation’s common defense and security by enabling the safe and secure use and deployment of civilian nuclear energy technologies and radioactive materials through efficient and reliable licensing, oversight, and regulation for the benefit of society and the environment.
The NRC's regulatory mission covers three main areas{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}:
* ''Reactors'' – Commercial reactors for generating electric power and research and test reactors used for research, testing, and training
* ''Materials'' – Uses of nuclear materials in medical, industrial, and academic settings and facilities that produce nuclear fuel
* ''Waste'' – Transportation, storage, and disposal of nuclear materials and waste, and decommissioning of nuclear facilities from service.

The NRC is headed by five commissioners appointed by the [[president of the United States]] and confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] for five-year terms. One of them is designated by the president to be the chairman and official spokesperson of the commission. The chairman is the principal executive officer of the NRC, who exercise all of the executive and administrative functions of the commission.

The current chairman is [[David A. Wright]]. [[Donald Trump|President Trump]] designated Wright as chairman of the NRC effective January 20, 2025.

===Current commissioners===
The current commissioners {{as of|lc=y|df=US|2025|1|20}}:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commfuncdesc.html |title=The Commission |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=November 6, 2023 |website=NRC.gov |publisher=Nuclear Regulatory Commission |access-date=September 24, 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Position
! Name
! Party
! Took office
! Term expires
|-
! Chair
| [[David A. Wright]]
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| {{dts|2018|05|30}}
| {{dts|2025|06|30}}
|-
! Member
| [[Christopher T. Hanson]]
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
| {{dts|2020|06|08}}
| {{dts|2029|06|30}}
|-
! Member
| {{sortname|Annie|Caputo}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| {{dts|2022|08|09}}
| {{dts|2026|06|30}}
|-
! Member
| {{sortname|Bradley|Crowell}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
| {{dts|2022|08|26}}
| {{dts|2027|06|30}}
|-
! Member
| {{sortname|Matthew|Marzano}}
|{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|January 8, 2025
| {{dts|2028|06|30}}
|}

===List of chairmen===
<ref name="NRC-FormerChairmen">{{cite web | url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/former-commissioners.html|title=Former NRC Chairman|publisher=Nuclear Regulatory Commission|access-date=6 April 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|No.
!rowspan="1"|Name (chair)
!rowspan="1"|Photo
!colspan="2"|Term of office
!rowspan="1"|Notes
!rowspan="1"|Appointed by
|-
|1
|[[Bill Anders]]
|[[File:William Anders.jpg|70px]]
|January 19, 1975
|April 20, 1976
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/anders.html |title=William A. Anders, Chairman |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|!style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="2"|[[Gerald Ford]]
|-
|2
|[[Marcus A. Rowden]]
|[[File:Marcus_Rowden.jpg|70px]]
|January 19, 1975
|January 15, 1977
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/rowden.html |title=Marcus A. Rowden, Chairman |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|-
|3
|[[Joseph M. Hendrie]]
|[[File:Joseph_Hendrie.jpg|70px]]
|March 3, 1977
|December 7, 1979
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/hendrie-chairman.html |title=Dr. Joseph M. Hendrie, Chairman |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|!style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="2"|[[Jimmy Carter]]
|-
|4
|[[John F. Ahearne]]
|[[File:John_Ahearne.jpg|70px]]
|December 7, 1979
|March 2, 1981
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/ahearne-chairman.html |title=John F. Ahearne, Chairman |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|-
|5
|[[Nunzio J. Palladino]]
|[[File:Nunzio_Palladino.jpg|70px]]
|July 1, 1981
|June 30, 1986
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/palladino.html |title=Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|!style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="2"|[[Ronald Reagan]]
|-
|6
|[[Lando W. Zech Jr.]]
|[[File:Lando_Zech_Jr.jpg|70px]]
|July 1, 1986 
|June 3, 1989
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/zech.html |title=Lando W. Zech, Jr., Commissioner |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|-
|7
|[[Kenneth Monroe Carr]]
|[[File:Kenneth Monroe Carr.jpg|70px]]
|July 1, 1989
|June 30, 1991
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/carr-chairman.html |title=Kenneth M. Carr, Chairman |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|!style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="2"|[[George H.W Bush]]
|-
|8
|[[Ivan Selin]]
|[[File:Ivan_Selin.jpg|70px]]
|July 1, 1991
|June 30, 1995
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/selin.html |title=Chairman Ivan Selin |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|-
|9
|[[Shirley Ann Jackson]]
|[[File:Shirley Ann Jackson World Economic Forum 2010.jpg|70px]]
|July 1, 1995
|June 30, 1999
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/jackson-chairman.html |title=Honorable Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, Chairman |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|!style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="3"|[[Bill Clinton]]
|-
|10
|[[Greta Joy Dicus]]
|[[File:Greta_Joy_Dicus.jpg|70px]]
|July 1, 1999
|October 29, 1999
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/dicus.html |title=Greta Joy Dicus, Commissioner |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|-
|11
|[[Richard Meserve]]
|[[File:Richard Meserve.jpg|70px]]
|October 29, 1999
|March 31, 2003
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/meserve.html |title=Richard A. Meserve, Chairman |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|-
|12
|[[Nils J. Diaz]]
|[[File:Nils J. Diaz, former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.gif|70px]]
|April 1, 2003 
|June 30, 2006
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/diaz.html |title=Chairman Nils J Diaz, Ph.D. |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|!style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="2"|[[George W. Bush]]
|-
|13
|[[Dale E. Klein]]
|[[File:Dale Klein.jpg|70px]]
|July 1, 2006
|May 13, 2009
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/klein.html |title=Commissioner Dale E. Klein |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|-
|14
|[[Gregory Jaczko]]
|[[File:Gregory B. Jaczko.jpg|70px]]
|May 13, 2009
|July 9, 2012
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/jaczko.html |title=Gregory B. Jaczko, Chairman |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|!style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="3"|[[Barack Obama]]
|-
|15
|[[Allison Macfarlane]]
|[[File:Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane.jpg|70px]]
|July 9, 2012
|December 31, 2014
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/macfarlane.html |title=Allison M. Macfarlane, Chairman |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|-
|16
|[[Stephen G. Burns]]<ref name="burns">{{cite web|url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/burns.html|title=Stephen G. Burns|access-date=6 April 2017}}</ref>
|[[File:Chairman Stephen G. Burns.jpg|70px]]
|January 1, 2015
|January 23, 2017
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/burns.html |title=Commissioner Stephen G. Burns |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|-
|17
|[[Kristine Svinicki]]<ref name="svnicki">{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/svinicki.html |title=Chairman Kristine L. Svinicki |access-date=6 April 2017}}</ref>
|[[File:Kristine Svinicki.jpg|70px]]
|January 23, 2017
|January 20, 2021
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/svinicki.html |title=Chairman Kristine L. Svinicki |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|!style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="1"|[[Donald Trump]]
|-
|18
|[[Christopher T. Hanson]]<ref name=nei-20210128>{{cite news |url=https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsbiden-appoints-new-head-of-nrc-8476871 |title=Biden appoints new head of NRC |publisher=Nuclear Engineering International |date=28 January 2021 |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref>
|[[File:Commissioner Christopher T. Hanson.jpg|88x88px]]
|January 20, 2021
|January 20, 2025
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/hanson.html |title=Commissioner Christopher T. Hanson |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|!style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="1"|[[Joe Biden]]
|-
|19
|[[David A. Wright]]
|[[File:David A. Wright official photo.jpg|70px]]
|January 20, 2025
|Incumbent
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/wright.html |title=Chairman David A. Wright |publisher=NDC}}</ref>
|!style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="1"|[[Donald Trump]]
|}

===List of commissioners===
<ref name="NRC-FormerComm">{{cite web | url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/former-commissioners.html|title=Former NRC Commissioners|publisher=Nuclear Regulatory Commission|access-date=6 April 2017}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
!Portrait
!Commissioner
!Took office
!Left office
|-
|[[File:Marcus Rowden.jpg|100px]]
|[[Marcus A. Rowden]]
|January 19, 1975
|April 20, 1977
|-
|[[File:Edward A. Mason.jpg|100px]]
|[[Edward A. Mason]]
|January 19, 1975
|January 15, 1977
|-
|[[File:Victor_Gilinsky.jpg|100px]]
|[[Victor Gilinsky]]
|January 19, 1975
|June 30, 1984
|-
|[[File:Richard T Kennedy.jpg|100px]]
|[[Richard T. Kennedy]]
|January 19, 1975
|June 30, 1980
|-
|[[File:Joseph Hendrie.jpg|100px]]
|[[Joseph Hendrie]]
|August 9, 1977
|June 30, 1981
|-
|[[File:Peter_A._Bradford.jpg|100px]]
|[[Peter A. Bradford]]
|August 15, 1977
|March 12, 1982
|-
|[[File:John Ahearne.jpg|100px]]
|[[John F. Ahearne]]
|July 31, 1978
|June 30, 1983
|-
|[[File:Nunzio Palladino.jpg|100px]]
|[[Nunzio J. Palladiono]]
|July 1, 1981
|June 30, 1986
|-
|[[File:NRC_Commissioner_Thomas_Morgan_Roberts.jpg|100px]]
|Thomas M. Roberts
|August 3, 1981
|June 30, 1990
|-
|[[File:James_K._Asselstine.jpg|100px]]
|[[James K. Asselstine]]
|May 17, 1982
|June 30, 1987
|-
|[[File:Fred Bernthal.jpg|100px]]
|[[Frederick M. Bernthal]]
|August 4, 1983
|June 30, 1988
|-
|[[File:Lando Zech Jr.jpg|100px]]
|[[Lando W. Zech Jr.]]
|July 3, 1984
|June 30, 1989
|-
|[[File:Kenneth Monroe Carr.jpg|100px]]
|[[Kenneth Monroe Carr]]
|August 14, 1986
|June 30, 1991
|-
|[[File:Kenneth_C._Rogers.jpg|100px]]
|[[Kenneth C. Rogers]]
|August 7, 1987
|June 30, 1997
|-
|[[File:James_R._Curtiss.jpg|100px]]
|James R. Curtiss
|October 20, 1988
|June 30, 1993
|-
|[[File:Dr. Forrest J. Remick.jpg|100px]]
|[[Forrest J. Remick]]
|December 1, 1989
|June 30, 1994
|-
|[[File:Ivan Selin.jpg|100px]]
|[[Ivan Selin]]
|July 1, 1991
|June 30, 1995
|-
|[[File:Dr._E._Gail_de_Planque.jpg|100px]]
|[[E. Gail de Planque]]
|December 16, 1991
|June 30, 1995
|-
|[[File:Dr._Shirley_Ann_Jackson.jpg|100px]]
|[[Shirley Ann Jackson]]
|May 2, 1995
|June 30, 1999
|-
|[[File:Greta_Joy_Dicus.jpg|100px]]
|[[Greta J. Dicus]]
|February 15, 1996
|June 30, 2003
|-
|[[File:Nils J. Diaz, former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.gif|100px]]
|[[Nils J. Diaz]]
|August 23, 1996
|June 30, 2006
|-
|[[File:Edward_McGaffigan,_Jr.gif|100px]]
|[[Edward McGaffigan Jr.]]
|August 28, 1996
|September 2, 2007
|-
|[[File:Jeffrey_S._Merrifield.gif|100px]]
|[[Jeffrey S. Merrifield]]
|October 23, 1998
|June 30, 2007
|-
|[[File:Richard Meserve.jpg|100px]]
|[[Richard Meserve]]
|October 29, 1999
|March 31, 2003
|-
|[[File:Gregory B. Jaczko.jpg|100px]]
|[[Gregory Jaczko]]
|January 21, 2005
|July 9, 2012
|-
|[[File:Dr. Peter B. Lyons.jpg|100px]]
|[[Peter B. Lyons]]
|January 25, 2005
|June 30, 2009
|-
|[[File:Dale Klein.jpg|100px]]
|[[Dale E. Klein]]
|July 1, 2006
|March 29, 2010
|-
|[[File:Kristine Svinicki.jpg|100px]]
|[[Kristine Svinicki]]
|March 28, 2008
|January 20, 2021
|-
|[[File:George_Apostolakis.jpg|100px]]
|[[George Apostolakis]]
|March 29, 2010
|June 30, 2014
|-
|[[File:William_D._Magwood_IV.jpg|100px]]
|[[William D. Magwood IV]]
|March 29, 2010
|August 31, 2014
|-
|[[File:William_C._Ostendorff.jpg|100px]]
|[[William C. Ostendorff]]
|March 29, 2010
|June 30, 2016
|-
|[[File:Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane.jpg|100px]]
|[[Allison Macfarlane]]
|July 9, 2012
|December 31, 2014
|-
|[[File:Jeff Baran.jpg|100px]]
|[[Jeff Baran]]
|October 14, 2014
|June 30, 2023
|-
|[[File:Chairman Stephen G. Burns.jpg|100px]]
|[[Stephen G. Burns]]
|November 4, 2014
|April 30, 2019
|-
|[[File:Annie Caputo, NRC Commissioner.png|100px]]
|[[Annie Caputo]]
|May 29, 2018
|June 30, 2021
|-
|[[File:David A. Wright official photo.jpg|100px]]
|[[David A. Wright]]
|May 30, 2018
|Present
|-
|[[File:Commissioner Christopher T. Hanson.jpg|100px]]
|[[Christopher T. Hanson]]
|June 8, 2020
|Present
|-
|[[File:Annie Caputo, NRC Commissioner.png|100px]]
|[[Annie Caputo]]
|August 9, 2022
|Present
|-
|[[File:Bradley Crowell, NRC Commissioner.jpg|100px]]
|[[Bradley Crowell]]
|August 26, 2022
|Present
|-
|[[File:Matthew_J._Marzano.jpg|100px]]
|[[Matthew Marzano]]
|January 8, 2025
|Present
|-
|}