[Ma8ee]

Why do you think the rules are decided by "a small committee of non-technical representatives and career bureaucrats informed by the news cycle of their time who make decades-lasting rules and ossified agency directives"?

That would be highly unusual in the US. Most rules are at least heavily influenced by lobbyist paid by the industries.

[drak0n1c]

The context is US nuclear, which is an industry that is thoroughly fragmented, broken, and on life support.