NRC’S 19TH ANNUAL REGULATORY INFORMATION CONFERENCE
TO BE HELD MARCH 13-15, 2007 IN ROCKVILLE, MD
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More than 2,000 people are expected to attend the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Regulatory Information Conference (RIC), March 13-15, 2007, at the Marriott Bethesda North, 5701 Marinelli Road, Rockville, Md. Attendees will include representatives from more than 17 foreign countries, as well as staff members from the U.S. Congress.

Speakers at the conference will include Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein and Commissioners Edward McGaffigan, Jeffrey Merrifield, Gregory Jaczko and Peter Lyons. The conference is free and open to the public. Those interested in attending will be able to register at the NRC's Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/conference-symposia/ric/registration.html. Onsite registration will also be available during the conference. The RIC is a joint presentation of the NRC's Offices of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and Nuclear Regulatory Research.

The conference brings together NRC staff, regulated utilities, materials users and other interested stakeholders to meet and discuss nuclear safety topics and regulatory trends. Topics at this year's RIC include licensing new nuclear power plants, communications and security at currently operating plants, inadvertent groundwater contamination events and the agency’s ongoing project on the consequences of possible accidents at U.S. nuclear power plants.

The conference agenda will be available on the NRC's Web site at this address: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/conference-symposia/ric/program.html.

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