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NRC proposed rule for licensing reactors authorized by DOE, DOD
Nuclear reactor designs approved by the Department of Energy or Department of Defense could get streamlined pathways through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s commercial licensing process should applicants wish to push the technology into the civilian sector.
A proposed rule introduced April 2 by the NRC would “improve NRC licensing review efficiency, where applicable, by explicitly establishing by regulation an additional means for reactor applicants to demonstrate the safety functions of their reactor designs, and thus, would contribute to the safe and secure use and deployment of civilian nuclear energy technologies.”
Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2026)
Coordinator for Strategic Capabilities, Office of Science and Technology Policy
Executive Office of the President
Dr. Aaron Miles works at the intersection of physics, national security, and strategic policy. His scholarship and public writing span deterrence strategy, nuclear weapons and arms control, nonproliferation, space policy, fusion and fission energy, high-energy-density and nonequilibrium plasmas, pulsed power, astrophysics, and planetary defense.
He currently serves as Coordinator for Strategic Capabilities at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he helps shape national strategy on emerging and advanced technologies. He previously served there as Principal Assistant Director for National Security and International Affairs and as Assistant Director for Nuclear and Strategic Technologies.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Miles advised senior leaders at the Department of State on arms control, deterrence, and strategic stability, and at the Office of the Secretary of Defense on nuclear deterrence policy. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland and a graduate certificate in National Security Studies from Texas A&M University.
