W20 Small Modular Reactors: A Discussion of Safety, Security, Environmental, and Economic Issues from a Variety of Viewpoints

The NRC anticipates receiving design applications for small modular reactors (SMRs) from multiple vendors within the next several years.  The integral pressurized water reactor (iPWR) is a type of SMR for which vendors plan to submit applications in the near term.  These vendors are proposing designs with various unique and innovative features and using approaches unfamiliar to the NRC and its stakeholders.  This technical session will facilitate a discussion among a variety of stakeholders on several aspects of iPWR designs, such as physical security, the economics of SMRs versus other technologies, the safety of SMR designs, environmental impacts, system operations, U.S. manufacturing impacts, and the applicability of SMRs to countries with emerging nuclear programs.  The technical session presentations will represent several diverse viewpoints.

SESSION CHAIR:

Stephanie Coffin, Deputy Director, Division of Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking, NRC/NRO

SPEAKERS/PANELISTS:

• Design and Manufacturing Complexities in Small Modular Reactor Technology
  Ali Azad, President and Chief Executive Officer, Generation mPower, LLC
• The SMR Bandwagon Staying Onboard
  Jack Bailey, Vice President, Nuclear Generation Development, Tennessee Valley Authority
• NRC Insights on the Regulation of Small Modular Reactors
  Stephanie Coffin, Deputy Director, Division of Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking, NRC/NRO
• Economic Aspects of Small Modular Reactors
  Matthew Crozat, Program Analyst, Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy
• CAREM-25 Prototype, Regulatory and Design Aspects
  Ricardo Waldman, Division Head, Radiological and Nuclear Safety Assessments in Nuclear Reactors, Argentine Nuclear Regulatory Authority

SESSION COORDINATOR(S):

Jan Mazza, Project Manager, Division of Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking, NRC/NRO, tel: 301-415-0498, e-mail: Jan.Mazza@nrc.gov