Stephen G. Burns will lead the NRC from January 2015

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AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 25.12.2014

Stephen G. Burns is appointed as the new Chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission (NRC) of the USA.

He will begin his duties on 1 January 2015.

The Commission consists of five commissioners, one of which is by the decree of the President of the United States shall be appointed by the Chairman of the NRC.

Burns was nominated into Commission in November 2014, his term as Commissioner ends in 2019.

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