On the heels of a controversial firing of a Nuclear Regulatory Commission member, President Donald Trump has renominated NRC Chairman David Wright to serve another term.
The Wright nomination was sent to the Senate and referred to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Monday.
Wright’s current term is due to end on June 30. The Senate referred the nomination to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. If confirmed, Wright will serve a new five year term that will conclude on June 30, 2030.
A former chair of the South Carolina Public Service Commission, Wright was previously nominated by Trump in May 2018 and was appointed at the outset of Trump’s second term to serve as the chair of the NRC in January.
The renomination of Wright comes days after the termination of his fellow commissioner Christopher Hanson, which occurred on June 13. The news broke of Trump firing Hanson on Monday. Many Democrats and individuals in the nuclear sector denounced Trump’s firing of Hanson.
With Wright’s nomination pending and Hanson’s firing, the only commissioners at the NRC are Annie Caputo, Bradley Crowell and Matthew Marzano.