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Agenda for the 2025 National State Liaison Officers Conference

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2025 STATE LIAISON OFFICER G2G

Location:
Two White Flint, Auditorium

Liaisons:
Doug Tifft R-I, John Pelchat R-II (Acting R-III), Keion Henry R-II, Ryan Alexander R-IV

Date:
June 24th – June 25th

Tuesday, June 24, 2025
ALL TIMES LISTED IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME	TOPIC	PRESENTERS
8:00 – 8:30 am	Registration and Coffee Mingle
8:30 – 8:40 am	Welcome & Introductions: State Liaison & Agreement Programs Branch	Adelaide Giantelli
8:40 – 9:00 am	Welcome from Materials Safety, Security, State, & Tribal Programs Division	Adelaide Giantelli
9:00 – 9:30 am	Welcome from Office of Nuclear Material Safety & Safeguards Director	John Lubinski
9:30 – 10:00 am	Deputy Executive Director of Operations	Robert Lewis
10:00 – 10:30 am	BREAK
10:30 – 11:00 am	Reactor Restart Process Overview	Justin Poole; Jamie Pelton; April Nguyen
11:00 – 11:30 am	Remarks from the Honorable Commissioner Caputo	Commissioner Annie Caputo
11:30 – 1:00 pm	LUNCH
1:00 – 1:30 pm	Remarks from the Honorable Commissioner Crowell	Commissioner Bradley Crowell
1:30 – 2:00 pm	NRC & the Intelligence Community	Alex Brown
2:00 – 2:30 pm	NRC & Agreement State Fusion Activities	Duncan White, Jill Wood* (WA)
2:30 – 3:00 am	BREAK & GROUP PHOTO
3:00 – 3:30 pm	New Fuels: Types & Waste Considerations	Jason Piotter
3:30 – 4:00 pm	Spent Fuel Storage & Court Challenges	Andrew Averbach; Yoira Diaz-Sanabria
4:00 – 4:45 pm	SLO Closed Session	Alyse Peterson* (NY)
5:30 until ? pm	OPTIONAL Happy Hour Social Location: "Sports & Social" in North Bethesda

Wednesday, June 25, 2025
8:00 – 8:30 am	COFFEE MINGLE
8:30 – 8:40 am	Day 1 Recap	NRC Liaison Officers
8:40 – 9:00 am	Region I Regional Administrator Remarks	Andrea Kock
09:00 – 09:30 am	SLO Session Readout & Feedback	Alyse Peterson* (NY)
09:30 – 10:00 am	BREAK
10:00 – 10:30 am	Remarks from the Honorable Commissioner Marzano	Commissioner Matthew Marzano
10:30 – 11:30 am	NRC Office Director Panel Discussion	John Lubinski, Mike King, Craig Erlanger
11:30 – 1:00 pm	LUNCH
1:00 – 1:45 pm	New Reactors & Microreactors	Jon Greives
1:45 – 2:15 pm	10 CFR 50.160: Emergency Preparedness for Small Modular Reactors	Eric Schrader, Cindy Rosales Cooper
2:15 – 2:45 pm	New Nuclear Energy Projects: State Perspectives	Doug Hansen* (UT);Beth Shelton* (TN);Alyse Peterson* (NY)
2:45 – 3:15 pm	BREAK
3:15 – 3:45 pm	NRC Public Engagements	Holly Harrington
3:45 – 4:15 pm	NRC and Artificial Intelligence	Vic Hall
4:15 – 4:45 pm	Closing Remarks	NRC Liaison Officers

Note: Speakers with *’s are SLO’s, all other speakers are NRC Personnel.

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