Topics include: updates on domestic and international nuclear fuel cycle activities; regulating the back-end of the fuel cycle; status of current regulatory issues; revising the regulatory process for oversight of nuclear fuel cycle facilities; implementing non-proliferation and security measures; lessons learned from construction and pre-operational readiness review inspections at new facilities, and strengthening the nuclear safety culture
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold its fifth annual Fuel Cycle Information Exchange (FCIX) conference June 29-July 1 in Bethesda, Md. This year’s conference will be held at the DoubleTree Bethesda Hotel and Executive Meeting Center, 8120 Wisconsin Ave., in Bethesda.
Topics include: updates on domestic and international nuclear fuel cycle activities; regulating the back-end of the fuel cycle; status of current regulatory issues; revising the regulatory process for oversight of nuclear fuel cycle facilities; implementing non-proliferation and security measures; lessons learned from construction and pre-operational readiness review inspections at new facilities, and strengthening the nuclear safety culture.
The conference, sponsored by the NRC’s Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, brings together NRC staff, industry representatives, licensees, certificate holders and other stakeholders to openly discuss regulatory issues of mutual interest as they relate to nuclear fuel cycle matters, including: licensing, certification and inspection of nuclear fuel facilities for uranium conversion and enrichment; nuclear fuel fabrication and reprocessing, extended spent fuel storage and disposition, and advanced fuel cycles.
Online registration is available at this Web address: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/conference-symposia/fcix.html, which will be updated periodically with other information about the FCIX.
The FCIX is hosted by the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS), Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards (FCSS). This event provides an opportunity for NRC staff, industry representatives, licensees, and other stakeholders to openly discuss regulatory issues of mutual interest, as they relate to the nuclear fuel cycle (with the exception of uranium mining/milling, transportation, disposal, and reactor use).
There is no fee for attending the FCIX, and the public is invited to attend. Planning for the FCIX is underway, so check in frequently as more information becomes available.