Resources

This report provides guidance on how advanced reactor vendors can define interface requirements between portions of a plant design when using the “standard design approval” process to seek Nuclear Regulatory Commission review of a major portion of their design. This facilitates a modular and staged approach to licensing that can be useful for some advanced nuclear programs. This report builds on prior NIA work to identify the opportunity associated with the standard design approval process and to provide guidance on how to exercise it.

NASA's commercial development programs have helped nurture a U.S. commercial launch industry. This report evaluates the successes of NASA's COTS program to identify potential lessons for commercializing the advanced nuclear industry. It proposes that DOE establish a similar program to enable federal procurement to drive commercialization.

In April 2019, NIA's Executive Director, Dr. Ashley Finan, testified before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for its "Hearing on U.S. Nuclear Energy and S. 903, the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act"

Multiple members of the US energy and national security establishment sent this letter to US Congress to discuss non-proliferation issues related to a 123 Agreement with Saudi Arabia

In February 2018, NIA's Executive Director, Dr. Ashley Finan, testified before the U.S. House of Represenatives Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Energy for the hearing "DOE Modernization: Advancing the Economic and National Security Benefits of America's Nuclear Infrastructure"

This report provides recommendations for updating U.S. export controls, specifically Part 810, to promote enhanced nuclear trade and open export markets for advanced nuclear.

This report lays out a vision for how the United States can lead on developing advanced nuclear technologies through new policies.

NIA's public comment to DOE's request for information on reducing regulation and controlling regulatory costs. (Comment ID: DOE-HQ-2017-0016-0021)

In this report, the Nuclear Innovation Alliance is pursuing clarification of the meaning of “major portions” for a standard design approval under 10 CFR Part 52, Subpart E. A definition of “major portions” will make the process more predictable for advanced nuclear technology developers. This report serves as a foundation for more detailed guidance.

In March 2017, Dr. Ashley Finan, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for the "Hearing on S. 512, The Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act"