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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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DOE issues new NEPA rule and procedures—and accelerates DOME reactor testing
Meeting a deadline set in President Trump’s May 23 executive order “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy,” the DOE on June 30 updated information on its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rulemaking and implementation procedures and published on its website an interim final rule that rescinds existing regulations alongside new implementing procedures.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by FCWMD
Monday, November 13, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Fairchild East/West
Session Chair:
Andrew Griffith (Retired)
Alternate Chairs:
Sven O. Bader (Orano Federal Services)
Jean-Francois Lucchini
Session Organizer:
The FCWMD has approximately 12 standards maintained by the FWDCC. Many of these standards are endorsed by the NRC and written to support the existing LWR fleet of reactors (e.g., ANS‐57.1‐1992 Design Requirements for LWR Fuel Handling Systems). However, with the significant effort under way to develop and deploy advanced reactor (AR) concepts, many of these standards may either not apply to these AR concepts or require exemptions to be utilized to allow for their application. This panel will discuss the FWDCC maintained standards and identify potential issues and needs to update them to allow for their application to ARs.
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