ASNR President meets ASNR partners in the USA
From July 15 to 17, 2025, ASNR President Pierre-Marie Abadie, accompanied by Commissioner Olivier Dubois, travelled to the USA to present the new French safety authority, with all its missions and responsibilities, to its American partners, and to discuss with them the main issues facing ASNR and other safety authorities today.
ASNR delegation meets NRC. ©US NRC
On this occasion, Pierre-Marie Abadie and Olivier Dubois met with the US NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission www.nrc.gov) and held discussions with Commissioner Annie Caputo. With regard to safety research activities, several meetings were held with the NRC's research department, the US Department of Energy (DOE) and its components NNSA (National Nuclear Security Administration www.energy.gov/nnsa) and NE (Office of Nuclear Energy www.energy.gov/ne) to discuss current and planned research programs, notably on fuel safety and criticality. In the field of health and radiation protection, exchanges took place with the NIH (National Institutes of Health) and its component NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases www.niaid.nih.gov) on the continuation of work relating to the treatment of patients who have suffered radiation accidents.
Alongside these meetings, ASNR President also met with members of the US Congress and the NEI (Nuclear Energy Institute www.nei.org, representing the US nuclear industries) to present the new ASNR, an independent authority, and to share our priorities and our vision of nuclear safety as a “common good”.
Finally, the trip also provided an opportunity to visit the AP 1000 reactors and simulator at the Vogtle power plant in Georgia. During the visit, discussions focused on the operation and efficiency of passive safety systems, the history of the project and the lessons learned from its construction.