Stephen G. Burns

Stephen G. Burns is an American lawyer and former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Stephen G. Burns
Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In office
January 1, 2015 – January 23, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byAllison Macfarlane
Succeeded byKristine Svinicki
Commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In office
November 4, 2014 – April 30, 2019
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byGeorge Apostolakis
Succeeded byChristopher T. Hanson
Personal details
Political partyIndependent[1]
Alma materColgate University
George Washington University

Education and career

Burns received a bachelor's degree in 1975 from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. He received his J.D. degree with honors in 1978 from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he was an editor on the George Washington Law Review.[2]

Burns joined the NRC as an attorney in 1978. He served as Deputy General Counsel starting in 1998 then served as General Counsel from May 2009 until April 2012. He left the NRC to serve as Head of Legal Affairs of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris from April 2012, until he rejoined the NRC in November 2014 with a term which ended on April 30, 2019. He served as the 16th chairman of NRC from January 2014 to January 2017.[3]

References
  1. "Trump to nominate three to nuclear commission". 22 May 2017.
  2. "Stephen G. Burns: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. "Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Who Is Stephen Burns?". AllGov. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
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