Description: This discussion will provide an assessment of the challenges and risks of new nuclear plant construction and steps that are being taken by the nuclear industry to mitigate and mange those risks.

Biography: Anthony R. Pietrangelo, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Nuclear Energy Institute

Mr. Pietrangelo has 27 years experience in the nuclear energy industry, where his responsibilities have run the gamut of nuclear plant construction, licensing and operations.

Mr. Pietrangelo has been with the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and its predecessor organizations since 1989, responsible for the management of risk-informed regulatory initiatives, performance-based regulation and other comprehensive technical, regulatory issues. He was promoted to vice president in 2006 and is currently responsible for executive oversight of sections including new plant deployment, nuclear plant security, emergency planning and safety-focused regulation.

He developed and implemented the strategy for NEI's risk-informed regulatory reform activities, including industry interface with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff and senior management and presentations to the commission on this and related topics.

In his tenure at NEI, Mr. Pietrangelo has led industry efforts in areas including regulatory guidance on configuration risk management, shutdown/outage management, and risk-informed, performance-based regulation. He was instrumental in leading industry efforts on applying risk insights on the Regulatory Oversight Process Mitigating Systems Performance Index.

Prior to joining NEI, Mr. Pietrangelo was with Westinghouse Electric Corp. as a project engineer for the construction, testing and start-up of nuclear power plants in Brazil, South Korea, the Philippines and the United States.

Mr. Pietrangelo is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Keller Graduate School of Management.