Regulation & Permitting Panel: Regulatory acceleration and alignment: Evolving frameworks to build confidence, consistency, and accelerated nuclear deployment

16 Jun 2026
Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction Stage
Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction

  • NRC licensing reform: upcoming rulemakings, Part 53 modernization, and streamlined environmental reviews

  • Managing regulatory backlogs: understanding the pipeline of approvals and bottlenecks

  • Harmonizing permitting across state, federal, and tribal jurisdictions between NRC, DOE, FERC, and state regulators to improve consistency and predictability

  • Supporting innovation: regulatory frameworks for advanced and non-LWR reactor technologies

  • Creating regulatory certainty through standard contract frameworks for fuel, safety systems, materials compliance and export standards

  • Harmonizing domestic and international standards to enable scalable design and manufacturing

  • Managing liability, waste, and long-term stewardship within evolving regulatory models

  • Leveraging incentives, tax credits, and government programs to accelerate permitting and project delivery

  • Lessons from the NRC, CNSC, and other global regulators on enabling safe, efficient deployment

Speakers
Craig Piercy
Craig Piercy, Chief Executive Officer - American Nuclear Society
Daniel Womack
Daniel Womack, Global Lead for Carbon & Energy Policy - Dow
Erik Funkhouser
Erik Funkhouser, Executive Director - Good Energy Collective
Nicholas McMurray
Nicholas McMurray, Managing Director, International and Nuclear Policy - ClearPath
Roland Backhaus
Roland Backhaus, Senior Counsel - Nuclear - Vistra
Vincent Zabielski
Vincent Zabielski, Partner, Nuclear Energy Law - Pillsbury Law