Annie Caputo, a Republican commissioner on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has resigned from the agency, the second abrupt departure in two months from the agency that is at the heart of the Trump administration’s effort to launch a new wave of reactors.
Caputo informed staff of her resignation Tuesday in a statement that said the “time has come for me to more fully focus on my family.”
“It has been my honor and privilege to serve as a commissioner, contributing to the work of the agency. I have decided to resign from the Commission, effective upon the swearing in of my colleague David Wright,” Caputo wrote.
Caputo’s exit comes as the Trump administration has moved to exert more control over its independent agencies. The administration has repeatedly promoted nuclear energy as a key source to meet rising power demand.
