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Speeches
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2013 | |
| 04/30/2013 | NRC Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Initiatives, American Nuclear Society Northeastern Section, Foxboro, MA - Slides |
| 04/29/2013 | Initiative to Improve Nuclear Safety And Regulatory Efficiency, INPO Senior Nuclear Plant Manager Class, NRC, Rockville, MD - Slides |
| 04/17/2013 | Use of Risk Information for Balancing Defense in Depth, Safety Margins, and Risk, Japan Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization, Tokyo, Japan - Slides |
| 04/15/2013 | U.S. NRC Response to Fukushima, PSAM Topical Conference, Tokyo, Japan - Slides |
| 04/04/2013 | Public Image of the Nuclear Engineer: A Regulator’s Perspective, ANS Student Conference, Cambridge, MA - Slides |
| 03/26/2013 | Current NRC Risk-Informed Initiatives, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho - Slides |
| 03/12/2013 | “USNRC 25th Annual Regulatory Information Conference Commissioner Plenary: The Education of an Engineer in Policy Making” Prepared Remarks of Commissioner George Apostolakis at the 2013 NRC Regulatory Information Conference (RIC) |
| 01/29/2013 | Importance of Risk-Informed, Performance Based Regulations, Workshop on Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessment, NRC, Rockville, MD – Slides |
| 2012 | |
| 12/04/2012 | A Risk Management Regulatory Framework Workshop on Forging A New Nuclear Safety Construct – ASME, Washington, DC– Slides |
| 11/12/2012 | Risk-Informing the Regulatory System: An Uphill Climb ANS Winter Meeting, San Diego, CA – Slides |
| 11/12/2012 | NRC Near- and Long-Term Regulatory Changes After Fukushima ANS Winter Meeting, San Diego, CA – Slides |
| 09/21/2012 | Application of Risk Assessment and Management to Nuclear Safety, DOE Nuclear Safety Workshop, Bethesda, MD – Slides |
| 09/04/2012 | Role of PRA in Enhancing External Events Safety – the Past, Present, and Future, International Experts Meeting on Protection Against Extreme Earthquakes and Tsunamis, IAEA, Vienna – Slides |
| 07/17/2012 | Summer Forum on Risk and Emergency Preparedness, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin – Slides |
| 06/27/2012 | Options for a More Holistic Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Regulatory Approach, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), Helsinki, Finland – Slides |
| 06/27/2012 | U.S. NRC Activities in Human Reliability Analysis, Safety Culture, and Regulatory Framework Improvements, VTT Technical Research Centre, Helsinki, Finland – Slides |
| 06/11/2012 | Risk-Informed Operations, Nuclear Plant Safety Course, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA – Slides |
| 06/11/2012 | Recent Commission Issues: Power Reactors, Nuclear Plant Safety Course, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cam bridge, MA – Slides |
| 05/22/2012 | Regulatory Implications of Fukushima for Nuclear Power Plants in the U.S., Center for International Security and Cooperation Seminar Stanford University (CISAC) Stanford, CA – Slides |
| 05/22/2012 | Managing Uncertainties in the Regulation of Nuclear Facilities and Materials Center for International Security and Cooperation Seminar Stanford University (CISAC) Stanford, CA – Slides |
| 04/17/2012 | Opportunities and Challenges for Accident Risk Assessment and Management, American Nuclear Society - DC Section Meeting, NRC, Rockville, MD – Slides |
| 04/09/2012 | A Regulator’s Perspective on Nuclear Power Plant Safety for the Future, International Forum on Safe Nuclear Power Plants, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea – Slides |
| 03/13/2012 | A Proposed Risk Management Regulatory Framework and Implementation Options for Power Reactors NRC’s 23rd Annual Regulatory Information Conference Rockville, MD – Slides |
| 03/06/2012 | Regulatory Implications of Fukushima for Nuclear Power Plants in the U.S., Carnegie Nuclear Policy Program Conference Washington, DC – Slides |
| 01/09/2012 | Regulatory Implications of Fukushima for Nuclear Power Plants in the U.S., 3rd Annual Doomsday Clock Symposium, Washington, DC – Slides |
| 2011 | |
| 12/09/2011 | Recent Developments in Probabilistic Risk Assessment and the NRC Response to North Anna and Fukushima, Atomic Energy Council, Taipei, Taiwan – Slides |
| 12/07/2011 | Managing Uncertainties in the Regulation and Licensing of U. S. Nuclear Reactors, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan – Slides |
| 11/07-08/2011 | Operating Safely in the Long Term: Lessons Learned from Fukushima, Eurosafe 2011, Paris, France – Slides |
| 10/04/2011 | Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mandate and Responsibilities, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Oslo, Norway – Slides |
| 10/02/2011 | Why We Need to Risk-inform the Regulatory Framework, Halden Program Group Meeting, Sandefjord, Norway – Slides |
| 09/20/2011 | Managing Uncertainties in the Regulation and Licensing of Nuclear Facilities University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin – Slides |
| 08/03/2011 | Evolving Nuclear Technology and Regulation: Lessons Learned from Fukushima, Bipartisan Policy Center (Senator Domenici), Washington, DC – Slides |
| 07/15/2011 | The Fukushima Nuclear Accident U.S.NRC Response, Integrated Disaster Risk Management Conference (IDRiM) University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA – Slides |
| 07/15/2011 | Regulatory Implications of Fukushima for Nuclear Power in the U.S., Integrated Disaster Risk Management Conference (IDRiM) University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA – Slides |
| 06/29/2011 | MIT/UVA Summer Intern Event, Association of Public and Land Grant Universities, Washington, DC – Slides |
| 06/13/2011 | Current Commission Issues: Power Reactors, Nuclear Plant Safety Course, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA – Slides |
| 06/13/2011 | Risk-Informed Operations, Nuclear Plant Safety Course, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA – Slides |
| 06/02/2011 | Post Fukushima: NRC Response, Harvard Electricity Policy Group, Sixty-Third Plenary Session, Washington, DC – Slides |
| 05/26/2011 | Post Fukushima: NRC Response, The National Academies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Washington, DC – Slides |
| 05/03/2011 | Risk-Informed Licensing, 2011 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP), Nice, France – Slides |
| 04/21/2011 | Managing Uncertainties in the Regulation and Licensing of Nuclear Facilities, Hochreiter Distinguished Lecture, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineer, Penn State, State College, PA – Slides |
| 03/30/2011 | Approaches for Efficient Licensing, Nuclear Energy in 2050 Symposium, Cambridge, MA – Slides |
| 03/15/2011 | The First Year..., Probabilistic Safety Analysis International Topical Meeting (PSA 2011), Wilmington, NC |
| 03/09/2011 | The First Year..., NRC’s 23rd Annual Regulatory Information Conference, Bethesda, MD |
| 03/03/2011 | Risk-Informed Regulatory Decision Making, Berkeley Technology and Regulation Annual Symposium, Berkeley, CA – Slides |
| 01/27/2011 | Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Standards, IEEE Nuclear Power Engineering Committee Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ – Slides |
| 2010 | |
| 12/16/2010 | Remarks: Regulatory PerspectiveNuclear Strategic Issues Advisory Committee Steering Group (NSIAC), Washington, DC |
| 11/01/2010 | Uncertainties, NEI Licensing Forum, Arlington, VA – Slides |
| 10/21/2010 | Systems Issues in Nuclear Reactor Safety, System Design and Management Conference on Systems Thinking for Contemporary Challenges, Cambridge, MA – Slides |
| 09/07/2010 | Greek Atomic Energy Commission, Athens, Greece |
| 09/06/2010 | Managing Uncertainties in the Regulation of Nuclear Facilities: The Issues of Unknown Unknowns, ESREL Conference, Rhodes, Greece – Slides |
| 08/30/2010 | Remarks: Region IV, Arlington, TX |
| 07/19/2010 | Managing Uncertainties in the Regulation of Nuclear Facilities and Materials, 6th International Conference on Sensitivity of Model Output (SAMO), Milan, Italy – Slides |
| 06/23/2010 | Current Commission Issues, National Academy for Nuclear Training, Cambridge, MA – Slides |
| 06/21/2010 | Current Commission Issues, Nuclear Plant Safety, Cambridge, MA – Slides |
| 06/21/2010 | Risk-Informed Operations, Nuclear Plant Safety, Cambridge, MA – Slides |
| 06/15/2010 | Approach to Effective and Efficient Nuclear Power Regulation, 2010 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP), San Diego, CA – Slides |
| 06/07/2010 | Safety Culture: A Regulatory Perspective, 10th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment & Management Conference (PSAM), Seattle, WA – Slides |
Testimony
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2013 | |
| 02/28/2013 | Statement Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Environment and the Economy, Washington, DC |
| 2012 | |
| 09/12/2012 | Statement Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee, Washington, DC |
| 03/15/2012 | Statement Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee, Washington, DC |
| 02/09/2012 | Affirmation of the Commission’s Vogtle 3 and 4 Mandatory Hearing Decision, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Rockville, MD |
| 2011 | |
| 12/15/2011 | Statement Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee, Washington, DC |
| 12/14/2011 | Statement Before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Washington, DC |
| 2010 | |
| 08/02/2011 | Statement before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee, Washington, DC |
| 06/16/2011 | Statement Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee, Washington, DC |
| 05/05/2010 | Statement before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee, Washington, DC |
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