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NRC proposes security regulation changes
In 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14300, “‘Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,” which directs the NRC to conduct a sweeping, multifaceted overhaul of its structure, culture, and regulations with the aim of facilitating increased deployment of new nuclear technologies and capacity.
Cameron R. Bates (LLNL, Univ of California-Berkeley), Elliott Biondo (Univ of Wisconsin-Madison), Kathryn Huff (Univ of California-Berkeley), Kalin Kiesling, Anthony Scopatz, Robert Carlsen, Andrew Davis, Matthew Gidden, Tim Haines (Univ of Wisconsin-Madison), Joshua Howland, Blake Huff (Univ of California-Berkeley), Kevin Manalo (Georgia Tech), Arielle Opotowsky (Univ of Wisconsin-Madison), Rachel Slaybaugh (Univ of California-Berkeley), Eric Relson (Univ of Wisconsin-Madison), Paul Romano (MIT), Patrick Shriwise (Univ of Wisconsin-Madison), John D. Xia (Univ of Chicago), Paul Wilson, Julie Zachman (Univ of Wisconsin-Madison)
Transactions | Volume 111 | Number 1 | November 2014 | Pages 1165-1168