Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Description: The video recording of RIC 2025 Technical Session: W9 - Blazing New Trails in Emergency Preparedness and a Demonstration of FEMA's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System. The knowledge, skills, and experience gained over the past 50 years of radiological emergency preparedness (EP) have equipped the NRC to blaze new trails in EP for new nuclear technologies like small modular reactors, non-light water reactors, fusion machines, floating nuclear power, and microreactors. Now is the time to move onwards and upwards! The next 50 years promise to be an exciting journey for EP. Although technology is changing, the risks and hazards faced are familiar and manageable. This session featured a diverse panel of subject matter experts who discussed what was to come in radiological emergency preparedness (EP) over the next 50 years. This included a demonstration of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS).
SESSION CHAIR(S):
Cindy Rosales-Cooper, Senior Emergency Preparedness Specialist, Policy and Oversight Branch, Division of Preparedness and Response, NSIR/NRC
SPEAKER(S):
Cindy Rosales-Cooper, Senior Emergency Preparedness Specialist, Policy and Oversight Branch, Division of Preparedness and Response, NSIR/NRC
Opening Remarks
Tomoyuki Sugiyama, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Japan
Status of Nuclear Emergency Public Notification using Smartphones in Japan
Kevin Borne, Administrator, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Change is Inevitable: How the State of Louisiana is Adapting
Ryan Rockabrand, Senior Advisor, Office of Nuclear Incident Policy and Cooperation, National Nuclear Security Administration
How Artificial Intelligence Will Power Emergency Preparedness and Response for Small Modular Reactors
SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
Dwayne Myal, Emergency Preparedness Specialist, Policy and Oversight Branch, Division of Preparedness and Response, NSIR.NRC e-mail: Dwayne.Myal@nrc.gov
Description: The video recording of RIC 2025 Technical Session: W9 - Blazing New Trails in Emergency Preparedness and a Demonstration of FEMA's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System. The knowledge, skills, and experience gained over the past 50 years of radiological emergency preparedness (EP) have equipped the NRC to blaze new trails in EP for new nuclear technologies like small modular reactors, non-light water reactors, fusion machines, floating nuclear power, and microreactors. Now is the time to move onwards and upwards! The next 50 years promise to be an exciting journey for EP. Although technology is changing, the risks and hazards faced are familiar and manageable. This session featured a diverse panel of subject matter experts who discussed what was to come in radiological emergency preparedness (EP) over the next 50 years. This included a demonstration of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS).
SESSION CHAIR(S):
Cindy Rosales-Cooper, Senior Emergency Preparedness Specialist, Policy and Oversight Branch, Division of Preparedness and Response, NSIR/NRC
SPEAKER(S):
Cindy Rosales-Cooper, Senior Emergency Preparedness Specialist, Policy and Oversight Branch, Division of Preparedness and Response, NSIR/NRC
Opening Remarks
Tomoyuki Sugiyama, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Japan
Status of Nuclear Emergency Public Notification using Smartphones in Japan
Kevin Borne, Administrator, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Change is Inevitable: How the State of Louisiana is Adapting
Ryan Rockabrand, Senior Advisor, Office of Nuclear Incident Policy and Cooperation, National Nuclear Security Administration
How Artificial Intelligence Will Power Emergency Preparedness and Response for Small Modular Reactors
SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
Dwayne Myal, Emergency Preparedness Specialist, Policy and Oversight Branch, Division of Preparedness and Response, NSIR.NRC e-mail: Dwayne.Myal@nrc.gov
