Rani Franovich and N. Prasad Kadambi, “Where is the PB in RIPB? A Sharing of Perspectives... More Discussion than Presentation,” A Community of Practice webinar; Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C), American Nuclear Society, May 31, 2024. https://nstopenresearch.org/slides/2-52
https://www.ans.org/news/article-6182/ripb-regulations-are-we-there-yet/
Rani Franovich, Comment Letter re "Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Construction Permits for the Kairos Hermes 2 Test Reactors,” Draft Report [Docket ID NRC-2023-0138], May 24, 2024. https://www.regulations.gov/comment/NRC-2023-0138-0009
Rani Franovich, Speaker, “The Time is Now: Nuclear Energy’s Past, Present, and Promise for the Future,” Nuclear Engineering Program Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, March 22, 2024. https://me.vt.edu/news/briefs/rani-franovich-nuclear-seminar-032024.html
To view a recording of the seminar, request access here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1htiQVeRV_dK-qCrqLsVdBxvzkwuRlc4n/view?ts=6603a0f0&exids=71471483,71471477
Rani Franovich, invited expert testimony and support letter to Senators of the Legislative Resolution (LR) 178 Special Committee, Nebraska Unicameral Legislature, re proposed Interim study to create a Select Committee to examine the feasibility of constructing and operating small modular nuclear reactors to generate electric power in Nebraska, October 26, 2023. https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Intro/LR178.pdf
Rani Franovich, Speaker, “Legacy Implications of Today’s Regulatory Challenges,” Nebraska Advanced Nuclear Forum (NANF), Lincoln, NE, May 23, 2023. https://advancednuclearcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-NANF-Comp-Agenda-04.24.pdf
Rani Franovich, Speaker, “Reflections on Advocacy, Public Outreach, and Public Education Campaigns,” NANF, Lincoln, NE, May 23, 2023. https://advancednuclearcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-NANF-Comp-Agenda-04.24.pdf
Rani Franovich, Guest Lecturer on career path, advocacy, ethics and leadership: “The Journey From ISE Student to Public Servant and Advocate.” Course ISE 2004: Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), Virginia Tech, April 21, 2023.
Rani Franovich, Guest Panelist offering career advice, discussing ethical situations, and sharing her perspectives on leadership. Course ISE 2004: Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), Virginia Tech, April 7, 2023.
Rani Franovich, Speaker, “Putting the ‘Reasonable’ Back into ‘Reasonable Assurance of Adequate Protection,’” Regulatory Information Conference (RIC), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), March 16, 2023. https://nrc.rev.vbrick.com/#/videos/6a490216-6846-4e5a-8e39-0fd66e3c653a
Rani Franovich and Matthew Wald, “Advanced Nuclear is Good for the World, But Is It Good for the Regulator?” February 6, 2023. https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/energy/advanced-nuclear-is-good-for-the-world-but-is-it-good-for-the-regulator
Rani Franovich, Comment Letter re “Reporting Requirements for Nonemergency Events at Nuclear Power Plants” [Regulation Identifier Number RIN-3150-AK71; Docket ID NRC-2020-0036],” January 6, 2023. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2301/ML23011A311.pdf
Rani Franovich, Spoken Comment re “Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Construction Permit for the Kairos Hermes,” November 16, 2022. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2232/ML22329A011.pdf, pp. 33-41
Rani Franovich. Spoken Comment to NRC’s Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, November 2, 2022. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2234/ML22347A191.pdf, pp. 102-104
Rani Franovich, Comment Letter re “Comments on NRC’s Staff’s Preliminary Part 53 Rule Package and October 18-19 ACRS Sub-committee Meeting,” November 1, 2022. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2300/ML23006A081.pdf
Rani Franovich. Spoken Comment to NRC’s Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Radiological Rulemaking Policies and Procedures Part 53 Subcommittee, re the Committee’s review of the NRC staff’s proposed Draft Part 53 rule, October 18-9, 2022. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2229/ML22299A184.pdf, pp. 272-283
Rani Franovich, Comment Letter re “Comments on Preliminary 10 CFR Part 53, ‘Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors’ [Regulation Identifier Number RIN-3150- AK31; Docket ID NRC-2019-0062],” August 31, 2022. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2225/ML22255A008.pdf
Rani Franovich and Prasad Kadambi, Comment Letter re “Comments on Preliminary 10 CFR Part 53, “Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors” [Regulation Identifier Number RIN-3150-AK31; Docket ID NRC-2019-0062],” August 29, 2022. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2225/ML22250A615.pdf
Rani Franovich, “What Society Needs from 10 CFR Part 53,” A Community of Practice webinar; Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C), American Nuclear Society, August 26, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erEG4SkHHxI
Rani Franovich, Comment Letter re “Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS), ‘Personnel Access Authorization Requirements for Non-Immigrant Foreign Nationals Working at Nuclear Power Plants’ (NRC-2022-0119),” August 12, 2022. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2222/ML22228A137.pdf
Rani Franovich, Spoken Comment re “Public Meeting on the NRC's Draft Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) Clarification of Personnel Access Authorization Requirements for Non-Immigrant Foreign Nationals Working at Nuclear Power Plants,” August 9, 2022. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2225/ML22252A174.pdf, pp. 36-46
Lindsey Walter, Kristn Zaitz, Danielle Delesroth, Isabele Boemke, Rani Franovich and Ryan Norman “Build Nuclear Now,” Webinar launch, August 2, 2022. (Video-recording not publicly available.)
Rani Franovich, Presentation, "What Society Needs from Part 53," NRC Public Meeting on 10 CFR Part 53, July 28, 2022. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2220/ML22209A004.pdf, Slides 2-13
Rani Franovich and Steve Burns, Comment Letter re “Subsequent Comment from Stakeholder Groups on Letter Submitted by the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and the Breakthrough Institute (BTI) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Developing a ‘Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors’ (Regulation Identifier Number RIN-3150-AK31; Docket ID NRC-NRC-2019-0062),” July 22, 2022. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2220/ML22206A212.pdf
A. Stein, J. Messinger, S. Wang, J. Lloyd, J. McBride and R. Franovich, “Advancing Nuclear Energy: Evaluating Deployment, Investment, and Impact in America's Clean Energy Future,” July 6, 2022. https://thebreakthrough.org/articles/advancing-nuclear-energy-report
Rani Franovich, Presentation, "Part 53 - Stakeholder Perspectives on Framework B, Framework A, and NRC Stakeholder Engagement Process," NRC Advanced Reactor Stakeholder Meeting, June 30, 2022. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2218/ML22180A296.pdf, Slides 36-47
Rani Franovich, “Advanced Nuclear: What’s Stopping Us?” Speaking Engagement at Breakthrough Dialogue 2022: Progress Problems, June 23, 2022. https://thebreakthrough.org/events/bti-dialogue-progress-problems
Rani Franovich, Spoken Comment re “Public Meeting to Discuss the Part 53 Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors Rulemaking,” June 16, 2022. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2217/ML22179A011.pdf, pp. 81-86 and 115-116
Rani Franovich and Steve Nesbit, Comment Letter re “Joint NGO Concerns Regarding the NRC’s Regulatory Engagement in Developing a ‘Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors’” [Regulation Identifier Number RIN-3150-AK31; Docket ID NRC-2019-0062],” June 15, 2022. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2217/ML22172A195.pdf
Rani Franovich, Comment Letter re Submittal of supplemental comments on draft ISG “Safety Review of Light-Water Power-Reactor Construction Permit Applications,” 87 Federal Register 27195 [Docket ID: NRC-2021-0162], May 23, 2022. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2215/ML22152A064.pdf
Rani Franovich and Steve Nesbit, Comment Letter re “Preliminary Proposed Rule Language Part 73 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)” (RIN-3150-AK19; NRC-2017-0227), April 27, 2022. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2212/ML22122A218.pdf
Rani Franovich and Jonah Messinger, “Saving Palisades Nuclear Power Plant To Secure Michigan’s Clean Energy Future.” Blog argues shutting down the clean energy source will be the equivalent of tearing down almost every wind turbine in the State, April 4, 2022. https://thebreakthrough.org/blog/saving-palisades
Rani Franovich, “One Thing the WaPo's Op-ed on Nuclear Safety Wasn't Built to Survive: Scrutiny.” Blog rebuts a Washington Post op-ed on wartime nuclear power plant safety, March 25, 2022. https://thebreakthrough.org/blog/one-thing-this-op-ed-on-nuclear-safety-wasnt-built-to-survive-scrutiny
Rani Franovich, Spoken Comment re NRC’s “Forthcoming Public Outreach Meeting on the Proposed Kairos Hermes Test Reactor with Designated Period for Receipt of Environmental Scoping Comments,” March 23, 2022. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2209/ML22091A000.pdf, pp. 57-60
Rani Franovich, “Take a Deep Breath.” Blog rebuts National Public Radio coverage of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant firefight, March 17, 2022. https://thebreakthrough.org/blog/ukraine-nuclear-power-plant-firefight
A. Trembath, S. Wang, J. Messinger, J. Lloyd, V. Ramachandran and R. Franovich, “Energy Security and Decarbonization in Response to Russian Aggression,” March 16, 2022. https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/energy/report-energy-security-and-decarbonization-in-response-to-russian-aggression
Adam Stein and Rani Franovich, "WAR IN UKRAINE: Breakthrough Institute Analysts Dr. Stein and Franovich Release Statements on Loss of Offsite Power at Chernobyl," March 10, 2022. https://thebreakthrough.org/press/war-in-ukraine-breakthrough-institute-analysts-dr-stein-and-franovich-release-statements-on-loss-of-offsite-power-at-chernobyl
Adam Stein and Rani Franovich, “NRC revises previously issued subsequent license renewal for existing nuclear power plants.” Blog assesses the basis for and impact of NRC Commissioner votes on the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for reactor license renewal, February 16, 2022. https://thebreakthrough.org/blog/blog-nrc-revises-previously-issued-subsequent-license-renewal-for-existing-nuclear-power-plants
Rani Franovich, Speaker, “Reactor Oversight Process Enhancement Project,” Regulatory Information Conference, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, March 13, 2014. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nrcgov/13270661675/in/photostream/
Rani Franovich, Speaker, “NRC and Licensee Safety Culture Activities,” Regulatory Information Conference, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, March 12, 2009. https://www.slideserve.com/quang/ric-2009-nrc-and-licensee-safety-culture-activities
T. Bloomer, R. Franovich, P.T. Kuo, and S, Lee, “License Renewal Guidance Documents,” Conference Proceedings, 16th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (IASMiRT-16), August 12, 2001. https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/handle/1840.20/30551
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