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NRC Commissioner Says Doesn’t Know the Future of NRC Under Trump, ‘Does Anybody?’

Sarah Salem

Monday, April 21st, 2025

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Christopher Hanson, commissioner for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said Monday he does not know where the future of the agency stands under the current Trump administration, the executive order threatening diluting power, and the current lawsuit against the agency. “I don’t know,” Hanson said with a laugh in answer to a question by the Exchange Monitor at a moderated panel at the 2025 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference in Washington. “Does anybody?” Hanson continued, “I think there are questions that…

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