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Description: The video recording of RIC 2025 Technical Session: W12 - Implementing the Blueprint for Modernizing Environmental Reviews and the ADVANCE Act. Established in 2020, the Environmental Center of Expertise (ECOE) has been effective in advancing the quality, consistency, timeliness, and transparency of the NRC’s environmental reviews in addition to fostering a positive organizational culture among environmental review staff members. Since its inception, the ECOE has experienced unprecedented change in the world of environmental review driven by both significant internal and external factors. Through a series of innovations and change, the NRC staff is implementing a blueprint for transformation of the environmental review program, delivering on current initiatives and proactively launching efforts to further streamline environmental reviews and enhance the quality, timeliness, and efficiency of the program without negatively impacting affected and interested parties, confidence or organizational culture. This session discussed the extensive proactive and reactive ECOE actions and initiatives, consistent with the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Energy (ADVANCE) Act, that furthered significant effectiveness and efficiency gains in the NRC’s environmental review program.
SPEAKER(S):
Chris Regan, Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, NMSS/NRC
Opening Remarks
Martin O'Neill, Associate General Counsel, Nuclear Energy Institute
Lisa Williams, Operations, Licsensing, and Environmental Manager, Energy Northwest
Nicholas McMurray, Managing Director, International and Nuclear Policy, ClearPath
Alicia Williamson, Senior Environmental Manager, U.S. Department of Energy
Ted Smith, Chief, Environmental Technical Review Branch 2, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental and Financial Support, NMSS/NRC
SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
Brian Newell, Technical Assistant, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental and Financial Support, NMSS.NRC e-mail: Brian.Newell@nrc.gov
Leah Parks, Environmental Scientist, Environmental Technical Review Branch 2, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental and Financial Support, NMSS/NRC e-mail: Leah.Parks@nrc.gov
Description: The video recording of RIC 2025 Technical Session: W12 - Implementing the Blueprint for Modernizing Environmental Reviews and the ADVANCE Act. Established in 2020, the Environmental Center of Expertise (ECOE) has been effective in advancing the quality, consistency, timeliness, and transparency of the NRC’s environmental reviews in addition to fostering a positive organizational culture among environmental review staff members. Since its inception, the ECOE has experienced unprecedented change in the world of environmental review driven by both significant internal and external factors. Through a series of innovations and change, the NRC staff is implementing a blueprint for transformation of the environmental review program, delivering on current initiatives and proactively launching efforts to further streamline environmental reviews and enhance the quality, timeliness, and efficiency of the program without negatively impacting affected and interested parties, confidence or organizational culture. This session discussed the extensive proactive and reactive ECOE actions and initiatives, consistent with the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Energy (ADVANCE) Act, that furthered significant effectiveness and efficiency gains in the NRC’s environmental review program.
SPEAKER(S):
Chris Regan, Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, NMSS/NRC
Opening Remarks
Martin O'Neill, Associate General Counsel, Nuclear Energy Institute
Lisa Williams, Operations, Licsensing, and Environmental Manager, Energy Northwest
Nicholas McMurray, Managing Director, International and Nuclear Policy, ClearPath
Alicia Williamson, Senior Environmental Manager, U.S. Department of Energy
Ted Smith, Chief, Environmental Technical Review Branch 2, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental and Financial Support, NMSS/NRC
SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
Brian Newell, Technical Assistant, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental and Financial Support, NMSS.NRC e-mail: Brian.Newell@nrc.gov
Leah Parks, Environmental Scientist, Environmental Technical Review Branch 2, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental and Financial Support, NMSS/NRC e-mail: Leah.Parks@nrc.gov
