Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Description: The video recording of RIC 2025 Technical Session: W14 - Codes and Standards for New and Advanced Reactors. This session facilitated discussions on strategies for the development, update, and use of critical consensus codes and standards for new and advanced reactors. It highlighted efforts undertaken by industry and the NRC to ensure technical and regulatory readiness for the effective, safe, and secure deployment of new and advanced reactor technologies. The session also featured discussions on the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act of 2024 and its connection to opportunities for innovative development and use of codes and standards.
SPEAKER(S):
Christopher T. Hanson, Commissioner, NRC, Opening Remarks
Christopher Cook, Special Assistant, Division of Engineering, RES/NRC
Action Plan to Enhance the NRC's Codes and Standards Program
Jennifer Uhle, Vice President, Technical and Regulatory Services, Nuclear Energy Institute
Efficient Development of Risk-informed Codes & Standards for New Reactors
Kathryn Hyam, Director for Nuclear, Clean Energy and Standardization Code and Standards, Co-Chair of Advanced Reactors Codes and Standards Collaborative, American Society of Mechanical Engineers / Advanced Reactors Codes and Standards Collaborative
Advanced Reactor Codes and Standards Collaborative - Prioritization of Codes and Standards for Advanced Reactors
Steven Unikewicz, Chief Engineer, Plant Engineering, TerraPower
Application of Commercial Codes and Standards
Michele Sampson, Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, NRR/NRC
ADVANCE Act Section 401 - Report on Advanced Methods of Manufacturing and Construction for Nuclear Energy Projects
SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
Robert Roche-Rivera, Senior Civil Engineer (Structural), Technical Branch 1, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC e-mail: Robert.Roche-Rivera@nrc.gov
Description: The video recording of RIC 2025 Technical Session: W14 - Codes and Standards for New and Advanced Reactors. This session facilitated discussions on strategies for the development, update, and use of critical consensus codes and standards for new and advanced reactors. It highlighted efforts undertaken by industry and the NRC to ensure technical and regulatory readiness for the effective, safe, and secure deployment of new and advanced reactor technologies. The session also featured discussions on the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act of 2024 and its connection to opportunities for innovative development and use of codes and standards.
SPEAKER(S):
Christopher T. Hanson, Commissioner, NRC, Opening Remarks
Christopher Cook, Special Assistant, Division of Engineering, RES/NRC
Action Plan to Enhance the NRC's Codes and Standards Program
Jennifer Uhle, Vice President, Technical and Regulatory Services, Nuclear Energy Institute
Efficient Development of Risk-informed Codes & Standards for New Reactors
Kathryn Hyam, Director for Nuclear, Clean Energy and Standardization Code and Standards, Co-Chair of Advanced Reactors Codes and Standards Collaborative, American Society of Mechanical Engineers / Advanced Reactors Codes and Standards Collaborative
Advanced Reactor Codes and Standards Collaborative - Prioritization of Codes and Standards for Advanced Reactors
Steven Unikewicz, Chief Engineer, Plant Engineering, TerraPower
Application of Commercial Codes and Standards
Michele Sampson, Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, NRR/NRC
ADVANCE Act Section 401 - Report on Advanced Methods of Manufacturing and Construction for Nuclear Energy Projects
SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
Robert Roche-Rivera, Senior Civil Engineer (Structural), Technical Branch 1, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC e-mail: Robert.Roche-Rivera@nrc.gov
