Trump Fired a Nuclear Regulator in a Move That Looked a Lot Like Capture
Trump fired NRC Commissioner Christopher Hanson, escalating his push to bring an independent nuclear safety regulator to heel. Hanson said the dismissal was illegal, and Senate Democrats blasted it as another attack on oversight. The practical issue is bigger than one personnel move: the administration is trying to weaken an agency that is supposed to stand between nuclear power and presidential whim.
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Trump Fired a Nuclear Regulator in a Move That Looked a Lot Like Capture
Trump fired NRC Commissioner Christopher Hanson, escalating his push to bring an independent nuclear safety regulator to heel. Hanson said the dismissal was illegal, and Senate Democrats blasted it as another attack on oversight. The practical issue is bigger than one personnel move: the administration is trying to weaken an agency that is supposed to stand between nuclear power and presidential whim.
Trump fired NRC Commissioner Christopher Hanson, escalating his push to bring an independent nuclear safety regulator to heel. Hanson said the dismissal was illegal, and Senate Democrats blasted it as another attack on oversight. The practical issue is bigger than one personnel move: the administration is trying to weaken an agency that is supposed to stand between nuclear power and presidential whim.
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