W19 Advanced Reactors: Licensing Modernization

Consistent with the requirements of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) to develop strategies for the increased use of risk-informed, performance-based licensing approaches, the NRC has been supporting activities related to the Licensing Modernization Project (LMP) being led by Southern Company, coordinated by the Nuclear Energy Institute, and cost shared by the U.S. Department of Energy. The LMP's objective is to develop technology inclusive, risk-informed, and performance-based regulatory guidance for licensing non-light water reactors (non LWRs) for the NRC to review and potentially endorse. This session will explore activities associated with the LMP methodology, which is expected to provide a foundation for the NRC’s rulemaking to establish a technology-inclusive regulatory framework for advanced nuclear reactors, as required by NEIMA.

• John Segala, Chief, Advanced Reactor Policy Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC tel: 301-415-1992, e-mail: John.Segala@nrc.gov

   

• Introductory Remarks
  John Segala, Chief, Advanced Reactor Policy Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC
• Enabling Innovation in a Regulated Industry
  Amir Afzali, Licensing and Policy Director – Next Generation Reactors Energy Center, Southern Company Services
• Applying the Licensing Modernization Process to the PRISM Reactor
  Gary Miller, Engineering Technical Leader - PRA, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
• eVinci™ Micro Reactor Licensing Modernization Program Pilot
  Andrea Maioli, Fellow Engineer, Risk Analysis, Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC
• Kairos Power LMP Implementation Exercise
  Drew Peebles, Safety and Licensing Integration Manager, Kairos Power, LLC
• Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
  Bill Reckley, Senior Project Manager, Advanced Reactor Policy Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC

• Jordan Hoellman, Project Manager, Advanced Reactor Policy Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC tel: 301-415-5481, e-mail: Jordan.Hoellman2@nrc.gov