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The man leading Trump’s nuclear renaissance
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.
TL;DR
- Chairman Ho K. Nieh of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) sees a third agency building as a 'memorial' to a failed nuclear energy renaissance.
- The expected boom in nuclear reactor construction requests in the early to mid-2000s did not happen.
- The decline was attributed to the 'three F's': fracking, the financial crisis, and the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.
- Nieh is now leading major regulatory changes to ensure a new nuclear revival.