Who was the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 1975 to 1976?
William Anders
Richard Nixon
Alan Shepard
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Answer
William Anders was the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 1975 to 1976. Anders was a former NASA astronaut who had been the command module pilot on Apollo 8, the first manned mission to orbit the Moon. He was also the first American to perform a spacewalk. Anders served as chairman of the NRC during a period of significant growth in the nuclear power industry.
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