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Description: The video recording of RIC 2025 Technical Session: TH19 - Driving the Future of Transportation in a Changing Landscape of Advanced Fuels and Technologies. In this session, participants were engaged on the fundamentals of the transportation certification process, gained an understanding of the future landscape of transporting spent nuclear fuel, accident tolerant fuel, high-enriched fuel, and advanced nuclear fuel, and discovered how stakeholders were shaping the future of transportation safety and the benefits of international engagements. The session also covered how the NRC advanced in this area by adopting a risk methodology to evaluate a transportation package for a transportable nuclear power plant for domestic highway shipment (SECY-24-0062), and how the NRC prepared for the first shipment of this novel technology. This session provided an opportunity for participants to hear from stakeholders in the NRC, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and international counterparts.
SPEAKER(S):
Shana Helton, Director, Division of Fuel Management, NMSS/NRC, Welcome Remarks
Brian Wagner, Risk Analyst, Nuclear Analysis and Risk Assessment Branch, Division of Fuel Management, NMSS/NRC
NRC Review of a Risk-Informed Methodology for a Transportable Micro-Reactor Package
Matthew Sumrall, Health Physicist, Radioactive Materials, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation
DOT's Role in the Future of Nuclear Transportation
Erica Bickford, Director, Office of Storage and Transportation, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Office of Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste Disposition
U.S. Department of Energy Activities to Prepare for Large-Scale Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel
Prakash Narayanan, Chief Technical Officer, TN Americas LLC, Orano Group
Transportation Readiness for Next Generation Fuel and Reactors - ORANO Perspective
SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
Norma Garcia-Santos, Project Manager, Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch, NMSS/NRC e-mail: Norm.Garcia-Santos@nrc.gov
Lauren Yumibe, Student Co-op, Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch, Division of Fuel Management, NMSS/NRC e-mail: Lauren.Yumibe@nrc.gov
Description: The video recording of RIC 2025 Technical Session: TH19 - Driving the Future of Transportation in a Changing Landscape of Advanced Fuels and Technologies. In this session, participants were engaged on the fundamentals of the transportation certification process, gained an understanding of the future landscape of transporting spent nuclear fuel, accident tolerant fuel, high-enriched fuel, and advanced nuclear fuel, and discovered how stakeholders were shaping the future of transportation safety and the benefits of international engagements. The session also covered how the NRC advanced in this area by adopting a risk methodology to evaluate a transportation package for a transportable nuclear power plant for domestic highway shipment (SECY-24-0062), and how the NRC prepared for the first shipment of this novel technology. This session provided an opportunity for participants to hear from stakeholders in the NRC, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and international counterparts.
SPEAKER(S):
Shana Helton, Director, Division of Fuel Management, NMSS/NRC, Welcome Remarks
Brian Wagner, Risk Analyst, Nuclear Analysis and Risk Assessment Branch, Division of Fuel Management, NMSS/NRC
NRC Review of a Risk-Informed Methodology for a Transportable Micro-Reactor Package
Matthew Sumrall, Health Physicist, Radioactive Materials, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation
DOT's Role in the Future of Nuclear Transportation
Erica Bickford, Director, Office of Storage and Transportation, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Office of Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste Disposition
U.S. Department of Energy Activities to Prepare for Large-Scale Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel
Prakash Narayanan, Chief Technical Officer, TN Americas LLC, Orano Group
Transportation Readiness for Next Generation Fuel and Reactors - ORANO Perspective
SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
Norma Garcia-Santos, Project Manager, Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch, NMSS/NRC e-mail: Norm.Garcia-Santos@nrc.gov
Lauren Yumibe, Student Co-op, Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch, Division of Fuel Management, NMSS/NRC e-mail: Lauren.Yumibe@nrc.gov
