In less than a year, Doug Weaver was officially sworn in as a Nuclear Regulatory Commission member for a new five-year term on June 5.
Weaver was confirmed alongside nearly 50 of President Donald Trump’s other nominees in the en bloc package, Senate Resolution 690, spearheaded by the Republicans. The nominees’ confirmation passed by a 46–43 vote.
The former NRC staffer turned commissioner will now serve on a new five-year term that will expire June 30, 2031, making Weaver the commissioner with the latest term expiration date at the moment.
Weaver was originally nominated by President Donald Trump in November 2025 to finish out the term of former commissioner Annie Caputo, who resigned last summer, in a term that would expire June 30 this year. He was confirmed and sworn in as a commissioner in December 2025 to complete that term.
Trump renominated Weaver for a new five-year term on Jan. 29 and Weaver passed through the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in a 15–4 vote, just like he did in his first go-round with the committee.
“Continuing to serve on the Commission is a great honor and I appreciate the trust President Trump has placed in me,” Weaver said in an NRC June 5 press release. “I look forward to working with Chairman [Ho] Nieh and the other Commissioners as the NRC carries out its safety mission.”
Prior to serving on the commission, Weaver worked at the agency for nearly 20 years in various management positions. He began in the agency as a reactor engineer in Region I in 1993. In 2012, when Weaver retired from NRC, he was serving as deputy director and acting director of the division of spent fuel storage and transportation then.
From 2013 to 2022, Weaver worked at Westinghouse Electric Company as the vice president of its global nuclear regulatory affairs. Since 2023, Weaver has been running his own nuclear regulatory consulting firm, Atomic Safety. Weaver also served in the United States Navy.