Katy Huff
Former Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy and currently an associate professor at the University of Illinois, specializing in nuclear policy, licensing, and advanced reactor deployment.
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Feb 5, 2026 • 35min
The path to market for new nuclear reactors
Katy Huff, former DOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy and current University of Illinois professor focused on nuclear policy and licensing. She breaks down licensing pathways, the NRC’s opaque pre-application maze, why DOE’s “criticality by July 4” goal is extremely aggressive, microreactor economics and factory needs, and realistic timelines for advanced reactors reaching the grid.
