Statement by the U.S. Nuclear Industry Council Regarding the swearing-in this week of new U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Commissioners Annie Caputo and David Wright and the confirmation by the U.S. Senate of Commissioner Jeff Baran

Given the importance of the NRC’s mission – and critical pending issues such as licensing modernization and reform, an in-progress small modular reactor design certification and ongoing new plant construction at Vogtle, among others – we wholeheartedly applaud the NRC’s return to a full complement of five Commissioners after an unprecedented three and a half-year hiatus. We congratulate the commissioners on their long-overdue and long-awaited Senate confirmations…

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