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The transformation of the NRC: 50 years of commissioners
The dust is beginning to settle following the whirlwind of changes at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over the past year, and 2025 ultimately may be viewed as a transformative year, as well as the year the NRC celebrated its golden anniversary. The 12 months of that milestone year brought more change to the agency in its composition, its mandate, and its relationship to the executive branch than any comparable period in the preceding four decades.
Now at 51 years and counting, the NRC is working with a full commission and issuing new rulemakings to both regulate and support the next round of nuclear deployments. With the turbulence of 2025 still fresh in our minds, Nuclear News decided it was a good time to revisit the professional backgrounds of all 42 NRC commissioners who have served over the agency’s 50-year history to see how the composition of the commission has evolved over time.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session|Panel
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|4:30–6:15PM EDT
Session Chair:
Jacob Houser
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
William H. Ferrell (AMS Corp.)
Staff Producer:
John Fabian (ANS)
With the conclusion of the CASL program in the summer of 2020, the focus for the VERA software suite it developed has shifted to commercial implementation, particularly with regard to reactor diagnostics and aging management of the current fleet. Speakers in this panel will discuss the potential applications for VERA in these areas, the technical hurdles that will need to be addressed, the regulatory aspects of employing VERA for these tasks, and the potential economic benefits to such an approach.
David Kropaczek
ORNL
Stephen Schnelker
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
Baris Sarikaya
Constellation
Randy Stark
EPRI
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