Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Description: The video recording of RIC 2025 Technical Session: T6 - Design to Assembly Line: Understanding High-Volume Nuclear Reactor Licensing. To enable economies of scale for new advanced reactors, including microreactors, the NRC is streamlining high-volume licensing processes to reduce timelines and support efficient deployment. The session discussed staff activities to optimize regulatory reviews for standardized designs, manage approval of multiple projects simultaneously, and ensure that innovative nuclear technologies could be brought online faster. There had been significant industry and market interest in the rapid, high-volume deployment of new technologies, potentially with deployment occurring within six months from site identification. This session provided a forum for interested parties to learn about what the NRC and industry had done in this area to achieve that goal.
SPEAKER(S):
Jeremy Bowen, Director, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC
Opening Remarks
Jackie Harvey, Senior Project Manager, Advanced Reactor Policy Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC
Nth-of-a-Kind Microreactor Licensing and Deployment Considerations
Donald Palmrose, Senior Reactor Engineer, Environmental Project Management Branch 2, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, NMSS/NRC
Environmental Reviews for Nth-of-a-Kind Microreactors
Timothy Williamson, Director, Regulatory and Public Affairs, NOV Shepherd Power
Design to Assembly Line: Understanding High-Volume Nuclear Reactor Licensing
Mohammed (Mo) Badal, Program Director, Installation Nuclear Energy, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (OASA) Installation, Energy and Environment, U.S. Department of Defense
Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations
Spencer Klein, Senior Project Manager, Nuclear Energy Institute
Industry's Vision for Efficient Licensing: Policy, Regulation, and Innovation
SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
Jorge Hernandez Munoz, Project Manager, Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch 2, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC e-mail: jorge.hernandez@nrc.gov
Description: The video recording of RIC 2025 Technical Session: T6 - Design to Assembly Line: Understanding High-Volume Nuclear Reactor Licensing. To enable economies of scale for new advanced reactors, including microreactors, the NRC is streamlining high-volume licensing processes to reduce timelines and support efficient deployment. The session discussed staff activities to optimize regulatory reviews for standardized designs, manage approval of multiple projects simultaneously, and ensure that innovative nuclear technologies could be brought online faster. There had been significant industry and market interest in the rapid, high-volume deployment of new technologies, potentially with deployment occurring within six months from site identification. This session provided a forum for interested parties to learn about what the NRC and industry had done in this area to achieve that goal.
SPEAKER(S):
Jeremy Bowen, Director, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC
Opening Remarks
Jackie Harvey, Senior Project Manager, Advanced Reactor Policy Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC
Nth-of-a-Kind Microreactor Licensing and Deployment Considerations
Donald Palmrose, Senior Reactor Engineer, Environmental Project Management Branch 2, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, NMSS/NRC
Environmental Reviews for Nth-of-a-Kind Microreactors
Timothy Williamson, Director, Regulatory and Public Affairs, NOV Shepherd Power
Design to Assembly Line: Understanding High-Volume Nuclear Reactor Licensing
Mohammed (Mo) Badal, Program Director, Installation Nuclear Energy, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (OASA) Installation, Energy and Environment, U.S. Department of Defense
Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations
Spencer Klein, Senior Project Manager, Nuclear Energy Institute
Industry's Vision for Efficient Licensing: Policy, Regulation, and Innovation
SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
Jorge Hernandez Munoz, Project Manager, Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch 2, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC e-mail: jorge.hernandez@nrc.gov
