A member of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB) appointed by the prior administration confirmed late Friday was asked to resign by the new Donald Trump White House.
“Yes, I received an email asking for my resignation by cob [close of business] on January 23, or be terminated from the NWTRB,” Scott Tyler, said in an email response to an inquiry from Exchange Monitor. Tyler is a professor of hydrology (emeritus) at the University of Nevada, Reno
The Monitor previously reported that nearly the entire NWTRB, except for the chair, Peter Swift, was asked to resign or be fired. All members of the board listed on the NWTRB website are Biden appointees. In addition to Swift and Tyler, other members listed on the website are Richelle Allen-King, Ronald Ballinger, Lake Barrett, Miles Greiner, Silvia Jurisson, Nathan Siu, Seth Tuler and Brian Woods. There was already one vacancy, according to the website.
In addition to Barrett, who is a nuclear energy consultant, the others tend to be scientists, engineers and others, many of them affiliated with universities.
Board members, who serve part-time, are appointed by the president to four-year terms and are drawn from a list made by the National Academy of Sciences. “By law, nominees to the Board are selected solely on the bases of established records of distinguished professional service and eminence in a field of science or engineering.”
