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The top 10 states of nuclear
The past few years have seen a concerted effort from many U.S. states to encourage nuclear development. The momentum behind nuclear-friendly policies has grown considerably, with many states repealing moratoriums, courting nuclear developers and suppliers, and in some cases creating advisory groups and road maps to push deployment of new nuclear reactors.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
Jon Facemire is a Senior Project Manager in the New Nuclear group at NEI where he focuses on risk-informed licensing. Jon leads the New Nuclear Engineering Working Group, the Part 53 Task Force, the Licensing Modernization Project (LMP) Task Force, and the Advanced Reactor PRA Task Force. Prior to joining NEI, Jon was spent 2 years as a licensing manager at X-Energy developing their LMP-based Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) and over a decade at Jensen Hughes supporting risk-informed applications for the operating fleet.
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