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Program Agenda The content and views in presentations are those of the presenters and do not necessarily represent the views of the

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Updates to the speaker information are posted as speakers are confirmed.

MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2021

9:45 a.m.– 10:45 a.m. Daily Preview, Opening Session and Chairman’s Plenary Daily Preview • Andrea Veil, Acting Office Director, NRR/NRC • Raymond Furstenau, Office Director, RES/NRC National Anthem • Milton Valentin, Reliability and Risk Analyst, PRA Licensing Branch C, Division of Risk

Assessment, NRR/NRC Welcome and Introductory Remarks • Andrea Veil, Acting Office Director, NRR/NRC

Remarks from Chairman Hanson • Christopher T. Hanson, Chairman, NRC

Technical Sessions 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. M1 – How Far We’ve Come: NRC’s Transformation Journey

Speakers/Panelists: • Catherine Haney, Assistant for Operations, Office of the Executive Director for Operations,

OEDO/NRC – Session Chair • David Nelson, Chief Information Officer, OCIO/NRC • Fadi Diya, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Ameren Missouri • David Lochbaum, C-10 Advisory Board Member and Generic + Radiation Impact Project Board

Member • Jonathan Greives, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch #4, Division of Reactor Projects, RI/NRC

10:45 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. M2 – Transformation and Modernization of NRC Environmental Review Processes— Meeting the Challenge

Speakers/Panelists: • Peyton Doub, Environmental Scientist, Environmental Review New Reactors Branch, Division of

Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, NMSS/NRC – Session Chair • Jack Cushing, Senior Environmental Project Manager, Environmental Review New Reactors

Branch, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, NMSS/NRC • Ken Erwin, Chief, Environmental Review New Reactors Branch, Division of Rulemaking,

Environmental, and Financial Support, NMSS/NRC • Edwin Lyman, Director of Nuclear Power Safety, Union of Concerned Scientists • Kati Austgen, Senior Project Manager, New Reactors, Nuclear Energy Institute

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MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2021 (cont.) Technical Sessions 10:45 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. M3 – U.S. Regulatory Preparations for the Export of Advanced Reactors

Speakers/Panelists: • Peter Habighorst, Chief, Export Controls & Nonproliferation Branch, OIP/NRC – Session Chair • Lauren Mayros, International Policy Analyst, Export Controls & Nonproliferation Branch, OIP/NRC • Max Postman, Foreign Affairs Specialist, U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security

Administration, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation • Steven Clagett, Director, Nuclear and Missile Technology Division, Bureau of Industry and Security,

U.S. Department of Commerce • Everett Redmond, Senior Technical Advisor, Nuclear Energy Institute

12:00 p.m.–12:45 p.m. Lunch Break 12:45 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Plenary Session with NRC’s Executive Director for Operations

Remarks from NRC’s Executive Director for Operations (EDO) and Discussion with Dr. John Mascola, From Challenge to Opportunity – What We Can Learn from the Race for a Vaccine

• Margaret M. Doane, EDO, NRC • Dr. John Mascola, Director, Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center, National Institute

of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health Technical Sessions 1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. M4 – Advanced Reactors: The Future Is Now

Speakers/Panelists: • Robert Taylor, Deputy Director for New Reactors, NRR/NRC – Session Chair • Alice Caponiti, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Reactor Fleet and Advanced Reactor Deployment,

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy • Ashley Finan, Director, National Reactor Innovation Center, Idaho National Laboratory • J. Clay Sell, Chief Executive Officer, X-Energy, LLC • Chris Levesque, President and Chief Executive Officer, TerraPower, LLC • Brad Sawatzke, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Northwest

1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. M5 – The Future-Focused Research and Integrated University Programs Speakers/Panelists: • Raymond Furstenau, Office Director, RES/NRC – Session Chair • Raj Iyengar, Chief, Component Integrity Branch, Division of Engineering, RES/NRC • Michelle Gonzalez, Reliability and Risk Engineer, Probability Risk Assessment Branch, Division of

Risk Analysis, RES/NRC • Nancy Hebron-Isreal, Program Manager, Integrated University Program, RES/NRC • Camille Palmer, Associate Professor, Oregon State University

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MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2021 (cont.) Technical Sessions

1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. M6 – Remapping the Landscape of Security Oversight Program 20 Years After 9/11 Speakers/Panelists: • Samuel Lee, Deputy Director, Division of Security Operations, NSIR/NRC – Session Chair

Part 1: Brief History of Force-on-Force Programs • David Bradfield, Team Leader, Evaluation Team C, Security Performance Evaluation Branch,

Division of Security Operations, NSIR/NRC • Thomas “Clay” Messer, Deputy Director, Office of Safeguards and Security Assessments, U.S.

Department of Energy • Ali El-Jaby, Director, Nuclear Security Division, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

Part 2: Transformation in Security Oversight – Leveraging Technology and Risk-Informing Security Programs • Scot Sullivan, Senior Security Specialist, Security Oversight and Support Branch, Division of

Security Operations, NSIR/NRC • Anthony (AJ) Clore, Senior Project Manager, Nuclear Security & Incident Preparedness, Nuclear

Energy Institute • Thomas “Clay” Messer, Deputy Director, Office of Safeguards and Security Assessments, U.S.

Department of Energy • Ali El-Jaby, Director, Nuclear Security Division, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

Part 3: Security Oversight during the Public Health Emergency • David Bradfield, Team Leader, Evaluation Team C, Security Performance Evaluation Branch,

Division of Security Operations, NSIR/NRC • Steven Orth, Chief, Plant Support Branch, Division of Reactor Safety, RIII/NRC

1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. M7 – Risk-Informed Decisionmaking Across Disciplines

Speakers/Panelists: • Mirela Gavrilas, Office Director, NSIR/NRC – Session Chair • Candace de Messieres, Technical Assistant, NRR/NRC • Joel Gebbie, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer, American Electric Power • Reginald Mitchell, Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development • Paul Slovic, Founder and President of Decision Research and Professor of Psychology, University

of Oregon, Decision Research

2:45 p.m.–3:15 p.m. Daily Wrap-up | Theme: Risk – Deconstructed Dissecting the practical meaning of “risk” in the term “modern risk regulator.”

Speakers/Panelists: Host: Alysia Bone, Project Manager, Reactor Rulemaking & Project Management Branch, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, NMSS/NRC • Joseph (Joe) Donoghue, Director, Division of Safety Systems, NRR/NRC • Meena Khanna, Director, Division of Resource Management and Administration, NRR/NRC • Brian Kemker, Senior Resident Inspector, Vogtle Resident Office, Division of Reactor Projects,

RII/NRC

3:15 p.m. End of Day

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TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2021 9:45 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Daily Preview and Commissioner Plenary

Daily Preview

• Andrea Veil, Acting Office Director, NRR/NRC • Raymond Furstenau, Office Director, RES/NRC

Perspectives from Commissioner Baran

• Jeff Baran, Commissioner, NRC

Technical Sessions 10:45 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. T8 – Current Accident Tolerant Fuel Environment

Speakers/Panelists: • Christopher T. Hanson, Chairman, OCM/NRC – Session Chair • Marilyn Diaz Maldonado, Acting Chief, Containment, Thermal, Chemical, and Fire Protection

Branch, Division of Fuel Management, NMSS/NRC • Stephen Cowne, Chief Nuclear Officer, URENCO USA • Zachary McDaniel, Manager, Accident Tolerant Fuel Technology, Westinghouse Electric Company • John Williams, Nuclear Fuel & Analysis Director, Southern Nuclear Operating Company • Robert Daum, Senior Technical Assistant, Electric Power Research Institute

10:45 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. T9 – Power Reactor Cyber Security: The Present and the Future

Speakers/Panelists: • Jim Beardsley, Chief, Cyber Security Branch, Division of Physical and Cyber Security Policy,

NSIR/NRC – Session Chair • Paul Shanes, Professional Lead for Cyber Security & Superintending Inspector, United Kingdom

Office of Nuclear Regulation • Paul Fyfe, Deputy Chief Inspector and Director Security and Safeguards, United Kingdom Office of

Nuclear Regulation • Justin Sigetich, Director, Systems Engineering Division, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission • Barry Kuehnle, Critical Infrastructure Protection Senior Advisor, Federal Emergency Regulatory

Commission

10:45 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. T10 – Nuclear Regulation in the Time of Transformation

Speakers/Panelists: • Margaret M. Doane, Executive Director for Operations, OEDO/NRC – Session Chair • Ramzi Jammal, Executive Vice President and Chief Regulatory Operations Officer, Canadian

Nuclear Safety Commission • Petteri Tiippana, Director General, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Finland • Olivier Gupta, Director General, Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire, France • Mark Foy, Chief Nuclear Inspector, Office of Nuclear Regulation, United Kingdom

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TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2021 (cont.) 12:00 p.m.–12:45 p.m. Lunch Break 12:45 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Commissioner Plenary

Remarks from Commissioner Caputo • Annie Caputo, Commissioner, NRC

Technical Sessions 1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. T11 – Evolution of External Hazard Risks for U.S. Plants

Speakers/Panelists: • Stacey Rosenberg, Chief, PRA Licensing Branch C, Division of Risk Assessment, NRR/NRC –

Session Chair • Alissa Neuhausen, Reliability and Risk Analyst, PRA Licensing Branch C, Division of Risk

Assessment, NRR/NRC • Milton Valentin, Reliability and Risk Analyst, PRA Licensing Branch C, Division of Risk Assessment,

NRR/NRC • Robert Rishel, Director, Nuclear Energy, PRA, Duke Energy • Marc Levitan, Lead Research Engineer, National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program, National

Institute of Standards and Technology

1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. T12 – Innovation, Modernization, and Roadmaps—Looking to the Future for Long-Term

Operation Speakers/Panelists: • Louise Lund, Director, Division of Engineering, RES/NRC – Session Co-Chair • Anna Bradford, Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, NRR/NRC – Session Co-Chair • Alison Hahn, Reactor Optimization and Modernization Team Lead, U.S. Department of Energy,

Office of Nuclear Energy • Heather Feldman, Director of Innovation, Electric Power Research Institute • Mark Sartain, Vice President, Nuclear Engineering and Fleet Support, Dominion Energy

1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. T13 – Regional Session—Reactor Inspection Program: Advances and Challenges

Speakers/Panelists: • Dan Dorman, Deputy Executive Director for Reactor & Preparedness Programs, OEDO/NRC –

Session Chair • David C. Lew, Regional Administrator, Region I/NRC • Laura Dudes, Regional Administrator, Region II/NRC • Jack Giessner, Regional Administrator, Region III/NRC • Scott Morris, Regional Administrator, Region IV/NRC • Ken Peters, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Vistra Energy/Lumiant • Don Moul, Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer, NextEra Energy, Inc.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2021 (cont.) Technical Sessions 1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. T14 – Making an Impact: Innovation in the Production of Medical Radioisotopes

Speakers/Panelists: • Brian Smith, Deputy Director, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and

Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC – Session Chair • Roy Brown, Vice President, Government Affairs & Strategic Alliances, Curium Pharma • Joanie Dix, Deputy Director, Office of Conversion, Department of Energy-National Nuclear

Security Administration • James Harvey, SVP & Chief Science Officer, NorthStar Medical Technologies, LLC • Greg Piefer, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, SHINE Medical Technologies, LLC • John Witkowski, President, UPPI, LLC

2:45 p.m.–3:15 p.m. Daily Wrap-up | Theme: Overcoming Fear of Failure Discussing how initiatives successfully evolve through trial and error.

Speakers/Panelists: Host: Alysia Bone, Project Manager, Reactor Rulemaking & Project Management Branch, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, NMSS/NRC • David Nelson, Chief Information Officer, OCIO/NRC • Shaun Anderson, Director, Embark Venture Studio

3:15 p.m. End of Day

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2021 9:45 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Daily Preview and Commissioner Plenary

Daily Preview

• Andrea Veil, Acting Office Director, NRR/NRC • Raymond Furstenau, Office Director, RES/NRC

A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the RIC

• David A. Wright, Commissioner, NRC

Technical Sessions 10:45 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. W15 – Microreactors: The “Next Big Thing”

Speakers/Panelists: • Annie Caputo, Commissioner, OCM/NRC – Session Chair • Jess Gehin, Chief Scientist for Nuclear Science & Technology, Idaho National Laboratory • George Roe, Director, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Arctic Energy • Jeff Waksman, Program Manager, Strategic Capabilities Office • Robert Boston, Manager, Idaho Operations Office, Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear

Energy

10:45 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. W16 – The IDHEAS Program—New Human Reliability Analysis Methods for All NRC Applications

Speakers/Panelists: • Sean Peters, Chief, Human Factors and Reliability Branch, Division of Risk Analysis, RES/NRC –

Session Chair • Jing Xing, Senior Human Performance Engineer, Human Factors and Reliability Branch, Division

of Risk Analysis, RES/NRC • Michelle Kichline, Senior Reliability and Risk Analyst, PRA Oversight Branch, Division of Risk

Assessment, NRR/NRC • Andrew Rosebrook, Senior Reactor Analyst, Division of Reactor Projects, RII/NRC • Roy Linthicum, Chairman, PWROG Risk Management Committee, Exelon/PWROG

10:45 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. W17 – Emergency Operations Centers—Evaluation and Response to Nuclear-Related Accidents

Speakers/Panelists: • Clay Johnson, Deputy Director, Division of Preparedness and Response, NSIR/NRC – Session

Chair • William Kendall (Ken) Evans, REAC Unit Supervisor, Illinois Emergency Management Agency • Jon Lilliendahl, Senior Emergency Response Coordinator, Division of Reactor Safety, Plant Support

Branch, RI/NRC • John Ford, Deputy Director of the National Integration Center, Federal Emergency Management

Agency • Florian Baciu, Acting Head, Incident and Emergency Centre, International Atomic Energy Agency

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2021 (cont.) Technical Sessions 10:45 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. Waste Management Symposia (WMS) & NRC RIC Information Exchange Simulcast

• Patricia Holahan, Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, NRC – Session Co-Chair

• Larry Camper, Executive Consultant, Advoco Professional Services, LLC – Session Co-Chair

12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Lunch Break Technical Sessions 1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. W18 – The Evolution of the U.S. Electric Grid: Implications for Nuclear Technology

Speakers/Panelists: • David A. Wright, Commissioner, OCM/NRC – Session Chair • Jett Gebhart, Director, Office of Energy Market Regulation, Federal Emergency Regulatory

Commission • Arshad Mansoor, President and Chief Executive Officer, Electric Power Research Institute • Kevin Lynn, Director of Grid Modernization, U.S. Department of Energy • Dewey Samuel Roberts II, General Manager, Transmission Planning and Operations Strategy,

Duke Energy

1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. W19 – Space Nuclear Power Systems—To Cislunar and Beyond!

Speakers/Panelists: • Raymond Furstenau, Director, RES/NRC – Session Chair • Tracy Bishop, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Infrastructure Programs, U.S. Department of

Energy • Nathan Greiner, Program Manager, Tactical Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research

Projects Agency • Anthony Calomino, STMD Nuclear Power Lead, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. W20 – Lessons Learned from the Implementation of Risk-Informed Initiatives

Speakers/Panelists: • Julio Lara, Director, Division of Reactor Safety, RIII/NRC – Session Chair • Laura Kozak, Senior Reactor Analyst, Division of Reactor Projects, RIII/NRC • Antonios Zoulis, Chief, PRA Oversight Branch, Division of Reactor Assessment, NRR/NRC • Victoria Anderson, Technical Advisor for Engineering and Risk, Nuclear Energy Institute • James Petty, Director of Site Operations, Braidwood Nuclear Power Station, Exelon

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2021 (cont.) Technical Sessions 1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. W21 – Virginia Uranium v. Warren: What the Supreme Court’s Decision Means for Interim

Storage, Yucca Mountain, and Reactors Speakers/Panelists: • William Froehlich, Administrative Judge, ASLBP/NRC – Session Co-Chair • Ronald Spritzer, Administrative Judge, ASLBP/NRC – Session Co-Chair • Andrew Averbach, Solicitor, OGC/NRC • Jay Silberg, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP • Cale Jaffe, Associate Professor, General Faculty, and Director, Environmental Law and

Community Engagement Clinic, University of Virginia School of Law

2:45 p.m.–3:15 p.m. Daily Wrap-up | Theme: Our Workforce’s Commitment to the Mission Reflecting on NRC’s dedication to protect public health and safety, security and the environment.

Speakers/Panelists: Host: Alysia Bone, Project Manager, Reactor Rulemaking & Project Management Branch, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, NMSS/NRC • Vonna Ordaz, Office Director, SBCR/NRC • Kirk Foggie, Chief, Reactor Program Services Branch II, Division of Resource Management and

Administration, NRR/NRC • Jasmine Gilliam, Physical Security Inspector, Plant Support Branch, Division of Reactor Safety,

RIII/NRC

3:15 p.m. End of Day

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THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2021 9:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Daily Preview and Special Plenary Session on the 10th Anniversary of

Fukushima Daily Preview

• Andrea Veil, Acting Office Director, NRR/NRC • Raymond Furstenau, Office Director, RES/NRC

10th Anniversary of Fukushima

Speakers/Panelists: • Daniel Dorman, Deputy Executive Director for Reactor and Preparedness Programs, NRC –

Session Chair • Koji Tomita, Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America • William Magwood, Director General, Nuclear Energy Agency • Juan Carlos Lentijo, Deputy Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency • Robert Willard, President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations • Shuichi Kaneko, Director-General for Oversight, International Affairs, and Fukushima, Nuclear

Regulation Authority, Japan

Technical Sessions 10:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m. TH22 – Analytics, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear Power Plant

Activities Speakers/Panelists: • Jeff Baran, Commissioner, OCM/NRC – Session Chair • Jeremy Renshaw, Senior Program Manager - Artificial Intelligence, Electric Power Research

Institute • Matthew Retzer, Senior Manager Equipment Reliability, Exelon Nuclear • Maria Lacal, Chief Nuclear Officer, Arizona Public Service • Kimberly Webber, Director, Division of Systems Analysis, RES/NRC

10:30 a.m.– 11:45 a.m. TH23 – Current Fleet 2050—Operations, Oversight and Workforce

Speakers/Panelists: • Andrea Veil, Acting Office Director, NRR/NRC – Session Chair • Bruce Hallbert, Director, Technical Integration Office, Light Water Reactor Sustainability

Program, Idaho National Laboratory • Laura Dudes, Regional Administrator, RII/NRC • Scot Greenlee, Senior Vice President, Engineering and Technical Services, Exelon Generation • Todd Allen, Chair and Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of

Michigan

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THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2021 (cont.) 10:30 a.m.– 11:45 a.m. TH24 – Interagency Discussion: Foreign Policy Impacts on Nuclear Export Licensing

Speakers/Panelists: • Jennifer Holzman, Senior-Level Foreign Policy Advisor, OIP/NRC – Session Chair • James Warden, Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety and Security, U.S. Department of

State • Katie Strangis, Acting Deputy Director of Nonproliferation and Arms Control Policy, National

Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy • Jonathan Chesebro, Senior Nuclear Trade Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce,

International Trade Administration • Lauren Mayros, International Policy Analyst, Export Controls and Nonproliferation Branch,

OIP/NRC

11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Lunch Break 12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Special Plenary Session

See the Change. Be the Change: Energizing the NRC Workforce Speakers/Panelists: • Shivani Mehta, Technical Assistant, Division of Risk Assessment, NRR/NRC – Session Co-Chair • Alexandra Siwy, Reactor Systems Engineer, Nuclear Methods, Systems & Nuclear Reactors,

Division of Safety Systems, NRR/NRC – Session Co-Chair • DeRionne Pollard, President, Montgomery College

1. “Change Agents”

• Amanda Marshall, Emergency Preparedness Specialist, Reactor Licensing Branch, Division of Preparedness and Response, NSIR/NRC

• Lauren Gibson, Chief, License Renewal Projects Branch, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, NRR/NRC

• Luis Betancourt, Technical Assistant, NRR/NRC • Gladys Figueroa-Toledo, Program Manager, Office of Enforcement, NRR/NRC

2. “Recruitment”

• Vic Cusumano, Chief, Technical Specifications Branch, Division of Safety Systems, NRR/NRC • Louis Caponi, General Engineer, Nuclear Regulator Apprenticeship Network, OCHCO/NRC • Nadim Khan, Acting Technical Assistant, SBCR/NRC • Tekia Govan, Project Manager, Reactor Assessment Branch, Division of Reactor Oversight,

NRR/NRC 3. "Retention”

• John Lubinski, Office Director, NMSS/NRC • Justin Vazquez, Reactor Operations Engineer (Human Factors), Reactor Licensing and Human

Factors, Division of Reactor Oversight, NRR/NRC • Sabrina Atack, Director, Division of Security Operations, NRR/NRC

4. "Female Leadership; Diversity and Inclusion”

• Jenni Dalzell, Reactor Engineer (Decommissioning), Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, RIII/NRC

• Theresa Clark, Deputy Director, Division of Materials Safety, Security, State, and Tribal Programs, NMSS/NRC

• Andrea Veil, Acting Office Director, NRR/NRC • Vic Cusumano, Chief, Technical Specifications Branch, Division of Safety Systems, NRR/NRC • Hector Rodriguez, Project Manager, License Renewal Projects Branch, Division of New and

Renewed Licenses, NRR/NRC

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THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2021 (cont.) Technical Sessions 1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. TH25 – Economics of Nuclear Power and Impacts on the Future of NRC

Speakers/Panelists: • Stephanie Coffin, Deputy Office Director, RES/NRC – Session Chair • John Parsons, Associate Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, MIT

Sloan School of Management • Matthew Crozat, Senior Director, Strategy and Policy Development, Nuclear Energy Institute • Jackie Kempfer, Senior Policy Advisor, Climate and Energy Program, Third Way

1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. TH26 – Technology Advances in Regulatory Decisionmaking for Nuclear Reactors

Speakers/Panelists: • Shaun Anderson, Managing Director and Founder, Embark Venture Studios, NRR/NRC –

Session Chair • Eetu Mikael Henrikki Ahonen, Program Manager, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority,

Finland • Taylor Lamb, Technical Assistant, Embark Venture Studio, NRR/NRC • Robert Austin, III Senior Project Manager, Electric Power Research Institute

THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2021 (cont.) 1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. TH27 – Reactor Decommissioning: Working Hard to Stay Ahead of the Issues!

Speakers/Panelists: • Bruce Watson, Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Division of Decommissioning,

Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, NMSS/NRC – Session Chair • Ted Smith, Project Manager, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Division of Decommissioning,

Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, NMSS/NRC • Marlayna Doell, Project Manager, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Division of

Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, NMSS/NRC • Zahira Cruz Perez, Project Manager, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Division of

Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, NMSS/NRC • Anthony Dimitriadis, Chief, Decommissioning, ISFSI and Reactor HP Branch, Division of

Nuclear Materials Safety, RI/NRC • Cynthia Barr, Senior Systems Performance Analyst, Risk and Technical Analysis Branch,

Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, NMSS/NRC • Bruce Montgomery, Director, Decommissioning and Used Fuel, Nuclear Energy Institute

Technical Sessions 1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. TH28 – I&C…Analog Need Not Apply!

Speakers/Panelists: • Eric Benner, Director, Division of Engineering and External Hazards, NRR/NRC – Session

Chair • Hash Hashemian, President and Chief Executive Officer, AMS Corporation • Scot Greenlee, Senior Vice President for Engineering and Technical Services, Exelon

Generation • Bruce Hallbert, Director, Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program, Idaho National Laboratory • Gregory de la Grange, I&C Safety Engineer, Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear

Safety

2:45 p.m. Conference End