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RIC 2025 Agenda

Monday, March 10, 2025
3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Early Registration Open (Registration Service Desk)
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
7:00 a.m.-7:55 a.m.

Meet and Greet—Networking Opportunity
7:00 a.m-5:15 p.m.

Service Area Open (Registration and Help Desk)
7:00 a.m.-5:15 p.m.

Digital Exhibits on Display
8:00 a.m.-5:15 p.m.

READY, SET, RESPOND!!!—NRC Operations Center Interactive Tour Check-in
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.

Opening Plenary Session

Welcome and Introductory Remarks (Morning Message) | Video  | Transcript
Laura Dudes, Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC
John Tappert, Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, NRC

Q&A Moderator
Laura Dudes, Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC

Remarks by the Honorable David Wright
David A. Wright, Chairman, NRC
9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m.

Special Plenary Session

Introduction and Q&A Moderator | Video 
David A. Wright, Chairman, NRC

Remarks by The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito 
The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito,  U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
9:45 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Networking Break—Digital Exhibits on Display
10:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

Commissioner Plenary

Introduction and Q&A Moderator
John Tappert, Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, NRC

Remarks by the Honorable Annie Caputo | Video | Transcript
Annie Caputo, Commissioner, NRC
11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Commissioner Plenary

Introduction and Q&A Moderator
Laura Dudes, Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC

Remarks by the Honorable Christopher T. Hanson | Video | Transcript
Christopher T. Hanson, Commissioner, NRC
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

Lunch Break (On Own)—Digital Exhibits on Display
1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

Technical Sessions

  • IT1 - Ready, Set, Respond—NRC Operation Center Interactive Tour #1 (onsite only)
1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

READY, SET, RESPOND!!!—NRC Operations Center Interactive Tour #1
3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m.

Networking Break—Digital Exhibits on Display
3:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m.

Technical Sessions
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.

Meet and Greet—Networking Opportunity
7:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m.

Service Area Open (Registration and Help Desk)
7:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m.

Digital Exhibits on Display
8:00 a.m.-5:15 p.m.

READY, SET, RESPOND!!!—NRC Operations Center Interactive Tour Check-in
8:15 a.m.-9:00 a.m.

Commissioner Plenary

Introduction
John Tappert, Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, NRC

Remarks by the Honorable Bradley R. Crowell | Video | Transcript
Bradley R. Crowell, Commissioner, NRC
The Honorable Stephen Burns, former Chairman, NRC
The Honorable William Ostendorff, former Commissioner, NRC
9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m.

Commissioner Plenary

Introduction and Q&A Moderator
Laura Dudes, Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC

Remarks by the Honorable Matthew J. Marzano | Video | Transcript
Matthew J. Marzano, Commissioner, NRC
9:45 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Networking Break—Digital Exhibits on Display
10:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

EDO Plenary—Beyond the ADVANCE Act

Introduction and Q&A Moderator | Video 
Mirela Gavrilas, Executive Director of Operations, NRC

 

Panelists
John Lubinski, Director, NMSS/NRC
Jack Giessner, Regional Administrator, RIII/NRC
Mike King, Special Assistant for ADVANCE Act, OEDO/NRC
Owen Barwell, Chief Financial Officer, OCFO/NRC
Sabrina Atack, Deputy Office Director, OIP/NRC
11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Special Plenary Session—The Next 50 Years

Introduction and Q&A Moderator | Video | Transcript
David A. Wright, Chairman, NRC

Panelists
Maria Korsnick, President, Nuclear Energy Institute
Kim Greene, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Georgia Power
Christopher Levesque, President and Chief Executive Officer, TerraPower
Paul Nobel, International Secretary-Treasurer, International Brotherhood of Electric Workers
Mirela Gavrilas, Executive Director for Operations, Office of the Executive Director of Operations, NRC
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

Lunch Break (On Own)—Digital Exhibits on Display
1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

Technical Sessions

  • IT2 - Ready, Set, Respond—NRC Operation Center Interactive Tour #2 (onsite only)
1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

READY, SET, RESPOND!!!—NRC Operations Center Interactive Tour #2
3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m.

Networking Break—Digital Exhibits on Display
3:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m.

Technical Sessions
Thursday, March 13, 2025
7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.

Meet and Greet—Networking Opportunity
7:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Service Area Open (Registration and Help Desk)
7:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Digital Exhibits on Display
8:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

READY, SET, RESPOND!!!—NRC Operations Center Interactive Tour Check-in
8:30 a.m-10:00 a.m.

Technical Sessions

  • IT3 - Ready, Set, Respond—NRC Operation Center Interactive Tour #3 (onsite only)
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

READY, SET, RESPOND!!!—NRC Operations Center Interactive Tour #3
10:00 a.m.010:45 a.m.

Networking Break—Digital Exhibits on Display
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Technical Sessions

  • IT4 - Ready, Set, Respond—NRC Operation Center Interactive Tour #4 (onsite only)
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

READY, SET, RESPOND!!!—NRC Operations Center Interactive Tour #4
12:15 p.m.

Adjourn

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