Nuclear Niche March 31 In-Person Event

  • March 31, 2026

  • Robert Rowling Hall, Special Events Room, 5.210

Nuclear Niche — a place where interdisciplinary students can come, network with industry experts, and talk about the full suite of deployment barriers (including technology, business, policy, talent, and legal challenges) we face ahead of us as an industry.

 

Co-sponsored with the KBH Center and our UT American Nuclear Society Student Chapter.

 

Location: Robert Rowling Hall, Special Events Room, 5.210

Date: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026

Time: 1-3PM

Speaker: Chairman Wright

 

Food will be provided.

 

Questions, comments concerns can be directed to Dani Zigon, Director of Strategic Initiatives for Nuclear and Radiation Engineering at daniellezigon@austin.utexas.edu

Speaker

Chairman Wright
CHAIRMAN WRIGHT Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
The Honorable David A. Wright was first sworn in as a Commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on May 30, 2018. He is currently serving a third term ending June 30, 2030. Commissioner Wright previously served as Chairman of the NRC from January 20, 2025 to June 30, 2025, and again from July 31, 2025 to January 8, 2026.