In 2013, the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy and the NRC began working on how to apply «General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants,» Appendix A to 10 CFR Part 50, to advanced
non-light water reactor designs.
«However, despite repeated commitments to
non-light water reactors, and substantial investments by NE (more than $ 2 billion of public money), no such design is remotely ready for deployment today.»
He has also been intimately involved with new plant development and deployment including advanced light water reactors, small modular reactors and advance
non-light water reactors.