Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Video Recording of NRC RIC 2023 Technical Session: Constructing Our Energy Future: Opportunities and Challenges for Advanced Reactor Construction
Innovative, economical, and safe construction is critical to realizing the perceived momentum of advanced reactors. This session will be devoted to a discussion of challenges for advanced reactor construction and new construction trends and enabling technologies being considered by the industry, the DOE, and academia to overcome those challenges. The session will also provide a forum to discuss the regulatory implications of the proposed advances and approaches. Leading experts from industry, national laboratories, and research institutions will present their views and participate in open discussion among the panel and with the audience on the challenges and opportunities for advanced reactor construction.
SESSION CHAIR(S): Louise Lund, Director, Division of Engineering, RES/NRC
SPEAKER(S):
Introductory Remarks
Louise Lund, Director, Division of Engineering, RES/NRC
National Reactor Innovative Center Advanced Construction Technology Initiative
Ashley Finan, Director, Reactor Innovation Center, Idaho National Laboratory
Progress and Lessons Learned on Advanced Construction Technologies for New Small Modular Reactor Projects
Juswald Vedovi, Senior Operations Leadership Manager, General Electric Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Design and Construction Considerations in Conceptual Design of Advanced Reactors
Bret Tegeler, Consulting Engineer, Westinghouse Electric Company
Advanced Reactors Construction
Hasan Charkas, Principal Project Manager, Electric Power Research Institute
SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
Jinsuo Nie, Structural Engineer, Structural, Geotechnical and Seismic Engineering Branch, Division of Engineering, RES/NRC e-mail: Jinsuo.Nie@nrc.gov
The captioning is computer generated with 90 percent accuracy.
Note: These recorded session will be posted as available. For more information contact the Office of Public Affairs at opa.resource@nrc.gov
Video Recording of NRC RIC 2023 Technical Session: Constructing Our Energy Future: Opportunities and Challenges for Advanced Reactor Construction
Innovative, economical, and safe construction is critical to realizing the perceived momentum of advanced reactors. This session will be devoted to a discussion of challenges for advanced reactor construction and new construction trends and enabling technologies being considered by the industry, the DOE, and academia to overcome those challenges. The session will also provide a forum to discuss the regulatory implications of the proposed advances and approaches. Leading experts from industry, national laboratories, and research institutions will present their views and participate in open discussion among the panel and with the audience on the challenges and opportunities for advanced reactor construction.
SESSION CHAIR(S): Louise Lund, Director, Division of Engineering, RES/NRC
SPEAKER(S):
Introductory Remarks
Louise Lund, Director, Division of Engineering, RES/NRC
National Reactor Innovative Center Advanced Construction Technology Initiative
Ashley Finan, Director, Reactor Innovation Center, Idaho National Laboratory
Progress and Lessons Learned on Advanced Construction Technologies for New Small Modular Reactor Projects
Juswald Vedovi, Senior Operations Leadership Manager, General Electric Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Design and Construction Considerations in Conceptual Design of Advanced Reactors
Bret Tegeler, Consulting Engineer, Westinghouse Electric Company
Advanced Reactors Construction
Hasan Charkas, Principal Project Manager, Electric Power Research Institute
SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
Jinsuo Nie, Structural Engineer, Structural, Geotechnical and Seismic Engineering Branch, Division of Engineering, RES/NRC e-mail: Jinsuo.Nie@nrc.gov
The captioning is computer generated with 90 percent accuracy.
Note: These recorded session will be posted as available. For more information contact the Office of Public Affairs at opa.resource@nrc.gov
