T6 Clearing the Path: International Approaches to Advanced Reactor Deployment

This technical session will bring together regulatory authorities that are actively engaged in deploying small modular reactors (SMR) and advanced reactor technologies. The panelists, spanning newcomer countries to those with a robust existing nuclear energy program, will discuss their approaches and activities related to their preparations to deploy SMR and advanced reactor technology and their efforts to work collaboratively with other regulators to share lessons learned and best practices to efficiently license new technologies.

SESSION CHAIR(S):

Jody Martin, Deputy Director, OIP/NRC

SPEAKER(S):

• Mike Finnerty, Chief Executive and Chief Inspector, Office of Nuclear Regulation - United Kingdom
• Insuk Jang, Director, Advanced Nuclear Reactor Safety Division, Nuclear Safety and Security Commission
  NSSC's Strategy for the Regulation of Advanced Reactors: Learning from Experience, Building through Partnership
• Marco Brugmans, Board Member, Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection
  International Alignment of the Nuclear Safety Regulatory Approach in the Netherlands and in the European Union
• Andrzej Glowacki, President, National Atomic Energy Agency (Poland)
  PAA Approach to Licensing of First NPPs in Poland
• Anna Bradford, Director, Division of Nuclear Installation Safety, International Atomic Energy Agency
  IAEA Initiatives Supporting Advanced Reactor Deployment
   

SESSION COORDINATOR(S):

Randy Howell, International Relations Specialist, OIP/NRC tel: 301-415-0682, e-mail: Randy.Howell@nrc.gov