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A closer look at the NRC’s reactor licensing revamp
Make no mistake about it: the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s proposed rulemaking on reactor licensing, safety oversight, and siting practices is expansive. When it was unveiled on July 1, NRC officials called it the “most comprehensive modernization of reactor licensing in decades,” one that could save the NRC and the industry as much as $1.86 billion.
“NRC’s regulations have not kept pace with new technologies and our energy needs,” NRC Chairman Ho Nieh said in an announcement. “This proposed rule strips out rigid frameworks and unnecessary conservatism to accelerate the safe deployment of new reactors and expand existing capacity across America.”
October 20, 2021|12:00–12:30PM (1:00–1:30PM EDT)
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This special event highlighted the 2021 Student Conference Pitch Your Research winner, Haozheng Qu. Haozheng is a PhD student in the Department of Materials Engineering at Purdue University, supervised by Prof. Janelle P. Wharry in the Microstructure Science Group. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering (2018) and MS in Industrial Engineering (2020) at Purdue University. Haozheng delved into his recent materials research: An EBSD analysis of transgranular stress corrosion cracking (TGSCC) propagation in the 304L austenitic stainless steel.
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Haozheng Qu, Purdue University
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