Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Video recording of RIC2026 Technical Session: T6- Clearing the Path: International Approaches to Advanced Reactor Deployment
Note: the subtitles are 90% accurate.
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 Opening Remarks
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 CommissionNSSC’s Strategy for the Regulation of Advanced Reactors: Learning from Experience, Building through Partnership
Andrzej Glowacki, President, National Atomic Energy Agency (Poland)PAA Approach to Licensing of First NPPs in Poland
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
Anna Bradford, Director, Division of Nuclear Installation Safety, International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEA Initiatives Supporting Advanced Reactor Deployment
SESSION COORDINATORS(S):
Randy Howell, International Relations Specialist, OIP/NRC tel: 301-415-0682, e-mail: Randy.Howell@nrc.gov
Video recording of RIC2026 Technical Session: T6- Clearing the Path: International Approaches to Advanced Reactor Deployment
Note: the subtitles are 90% accurate.
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 Opening Remarks
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 CommissionNSSC’s Strategy for the Regulation of Advanced Reactors: Learning from Experience, Building through Partnership
Andrzej Glowacki, President, National Atomic Energy Agency (Poland)PAA Approach to Licensing of First NPPs in Poland
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
Anna Bradford, Director, Division of Nuclear Installation Safety, International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEA Initiatives Supporting Advanced Reactor Deployment
SESSION COORDINATORS(S):
Randy Howell, International Relations Specialist, OIP/NRC tel: 301-415-0682, e-mail: Randy.Howell@nrc.gov
