International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)

Bradley Williams

Senior Policy Advisor / Lead for Energy Policy and Strategic Analysis

Idaho National Laboratory

Mr. Bradley Williams is a Senior Policy Advisor and Lead for Energy Policy and Strategic Analysis at Idaho National Laboratory. In this role, Brad serves as an expert on a range of issues related to the technical, economic and policy aspects of nuclear energy.

Brad is currently helping the Department of Energy develop the comprehensive nuclear fuel cycle and waste management strategy directed by the May 2025 executive orders on nuclear energy.

Brad also serves as Vice Chair for the American Nuclear Society’s Public Policy Committee. He is also a member of the Society’s External Affairs Committee, Congressional Fellow Program Special Committee, and Nuclear Waste Task Force.

Brad was previously detailed to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, where Brad covered the Committee’s nuclear energy and science policy portfolios for Ranking Member John Barrasso (R-WY). During his time with the Energy Committee, Brad contributed to the development and passage of several important pieces of nuclear energy and science legislation, including leading the effort to re-establish America’s nuclear fuel supply chain and eliminate reliance on Russian uranium.

Brad moved to the Energy Committee after spending 2020 working for then Chairman Barrasso on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, as the American Nuclear Society’s Glenn T. Seaborg Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow, where he helped draft what became the ADVANCE Act.

Before joining Idaho National Laboratory, Brad spent twelve years with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, most recently as Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy. Brad previously served as Team Lead for Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies and Nuclear Energy University Programs. He also managed multiple programs within the Office of Fuel Cycle Research and Development and spent time as the Acting Assistant Manager for Research and Development at the Idaho Operations Office. During his time with the Department of Energy, Brad received four Secretary of Energy Awards.

Prior to the Department of Energy, Brad worked for Science Applications International Corporation in support of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, where he was the project manager for the Strategic Nuclear Arms Elimination program.

Brad received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Mary Washington College and master’s degree in physics from Virginia Tech. He lives in Alexandria, VA with his wife and two children.