NRC COMMISSIONER MAGWOOD SET TO LEAVE COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL AGENCY

NRC Commissioner William Magwood is leaving the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to serve as Director General of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Nuclear Energy Agency. Magwood will be taking over the position in September, but according to the NRC, he has not yet set a departure date due to previous commissioner commitments in the coming months he would like to fulfill before leaving. “It is a tremendous honor to have been the U.S. Government’s candidate for this position and to have been selected as the seventh Director General to lead the NEA since it was formed in 1958,” Magwood said in a statement. “I have especially appreciated the strong support and encouragement I received from senior officials of the Administration to take on this assignment.  When I join the NEA in September, I will take with me the vital lessons I have learned from my time at the finest safety regulator in the world—the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  I look forward to sharing those lessons with the international community and to continuing my service to the public in a new venue.”