Editing Shirley Ann Jackson (section)

=== U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ===
In 1995 she was appointed by President [[Bill Clinton]] to serve as chairman of the US [[Nuclear Regulatory Commission]] (NRC), becoming the first woman and first African American to hold that position.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/tnc-appoints-new-global-board-members/ |title=The Nature Conservancy Appoints New Members to its Global Board of Directors |access-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808144256/https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/tnc-appoints-new-global-board-members/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>  At the NRC, she had "ultimate authority for all NRC functions pertaining to an emergency involving an NRC licensee".<ref name="NYTimesBio" /> In addition, while Jackson served on the commission she assisted in the establishment of the International Nuclear Regulators Association.<ref name="auto" /> Jackson served as the chairperson for the International Regulators Association from 1997 to 1999. The association consisted of senior nuclear regulatory officials from countries like Canada, France, Germany and Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Honorable Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, Commissioner|url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/jackson.html|access-date=2021-02-27|website=NRC Web|language=en-US|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126001418/https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/jackson.html|url-status=live}}</ref>