10 March 2021 Share Becoming a more modern, risk-informed regulator remains a key goal of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), its chairman Christopher Hanson said during his opening address to the regulator's 33rd Regulatory Information Conference. Hanson, who was sworn in as a commissioner in June 2020, was designated chairman of the NRC by President Joe Biden in January this year. Hanson addresses the RIC According to his NRC biography, Hanson's more than two decades of government and private-sector experience in nuclear energy fields include service as a staff member on the Senate...