Donald Trump’s attack on the independence of the US nuclear safety watchdog has accelerated severe “brain drain” at the agency, raising the risks of future accidents, former officials have warned.
Almost 200 people have left the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission since the president’s inauguration in January, and the pace of executive departures shows little sign of slowing with the resignation of the agency’s director of nuclear security and its general counsel.
Nearly half of the agency’s 28-strong senior leadership team has been installed in an “acting” capacity, and only three of five NRC commissioner roles are occupied. Trump sacked commissioner Christopher Hanson in June and Annie Caputo resigned unexpectedly last month.
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