Independent consultant and expert witness with 30 years of experience as a nuclear safety inspector and regulator.

Joined January 2022
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RANI FRANOVICH retweeted
One year ago, @POTUS signed four executive orders—14299, 14300, 14301, and 14302—to reinvigorate America’s nuclear industry. Today, we stand on the precipice of a scientific and industrial victory unseen since the Manhattan Project, the dawn of America’s first atomic age. Implementing the President and Secretary’s vision for American energy dominance has been the privilege of my professional career, and one of the greatest experiences of my life. But none of our incredible accomplishments over the last year, or the even greater ones on the horizon, came about in a vacuum. Instead, America’s nuclear renaissance grew from the efforts of the technical staff, an amazing mix of physicists and engineers who toiled thanklessly for decades during nuclear’s long winters. I cannot thank @POTUS and @SecretaryWright enough for giving me the chance to work directly with the brightest minds in our nation to enable our most innovative entrepreneurs. The real heroes behind our efforts at @ENERGY and @NRCgov will never receive enough public credit for their contributions. I will spend the rest of my career trying to make that right. Regardless, America’s nuclear success isn’t about any of us. It is, however, a story about all of us and what Americans can accomplish in a year, united by glorious purpose. When our reactors turn on, when we announce the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses, when our centrifuges spin, and when our electrorefiners burn away actinides, we will validate America’s exceptionalism. We have much left to do, and many miles to go before we can sleep. But when we are done, we will have given America back its license to dream.
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RANI FRANOVICH retweeted
23 Oct 2025
Over 60 experts from 31 organizations—including regulators, technical support organizations #TSO's, and industry—are meeting this week at the Technical Meeting on Licensing of New Technologies and Approaches to Regulatory Readiness and Cooperation. The discussions cover revision of the @IAEAorg #SafetyStandards, new processes for reviewing designs, adaptation of regulatory frameworks, regulatory cooperation initiatives, and consideration of marine applications. Participants are also providing feedback on tools under development for #NHSI Phase II, including the Blueprint for a Global Framework for Advanced Reactor Reviews and other IAEA activities. Find out more about NHSI activities at 🔗atoms.iaea.org/4oxJkyA
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RANI FRANOVICH retweeted
The size of an Andean Condor x.com/Sadie2901/status/17627…

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DC youth takeover American nuclear energy @AlexCKaufman @NikoMcM @BenjiBacker @Farah_Benahmed and Ryan Norman @nei #nepf2024
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That’s it? 3 things you should know about dry cask storage for spent nuclear fuel. 👇
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RANI FRANOVICH retweeted
North Anna Nuclear Generating Station sits in N Virginia (highest concentration of datacenters in the US) and is licensed to add a third giant reactor to its existing two. It's owned by Dominion Energy. Running out of clean steady energy is a choice. It's time to build.
Dominion Energy, which supplies power to N Virginia (highest concentration of datacenters in US), is now saying no new datacenters b/c the grid cannot support their power needs. IMO it's irresponsible to have these hyperscaler aspirant convos w/o frontloading climate impact.
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RANI FRANOVICH retweeted
[NUCLEAR POWER & GRID RELIABILITY] Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant .. is carbon-free, it runs all the time, it’s good base load, and people who run the California system are very grateful for it - Mark Christie, Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner (FERC)
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RANI FRANOVICH retweeted
BREAKING: President Biden just enacted a historic 5.2% pay raise for federal workers. This is the largest pay raise since 1980. This is another example of President Biden’s commitment to building an economy from the bottom up and middle out.
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RANI FRANOVICH retweeted
21 Dec 2023
I love Christmas and I’m so lucky that I get to have it twice: on Dec 25th with my friends in London and on January 7th with my family in Montenegro. This is such a special time of the year with so many memories, one of which I wanted to share with you all.
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RANI FRANOVICH retweeted
15 Nov 2023
I occasionally do something other than write about nuclear energy. During our morning walk, we saw an enormous squirrel with distinctive markings and a tail that was longer and bushier than usual. It's called a "masked face fox squirrel". Cool, right?
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RANI FRANOVICH retweeted
13 Oct 2023
BAROQUE is out now! My new album is a musical treasure trove of masterpieces by Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Scarlatti, Couperin and many others. I hope you enjoy listening! Click the link in my bio to order. #classicalguitar #BAROQUE #newalbum
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RANI FRANOVICH retweeted
2 minute demo of @Quantified_C's new tool for upgrading coal plants to nuclear energy. This is low hanging fruit for the decarb movement, ensuring we keep global energy affordable, reliable and sustainable. See for yourself at repowerscore.com
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RANI FRANOVICH retweeted
10 Oct 2023
I often get asked about practicalities of playing the guitar. I find that very often people underestimate the complexity and skill needed to master the finest detail of the instrument. It is so refined and delicate, that is if you choose to approach it in this way…
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RANI FRANOVICH retweeted
29 Sep 2023
I’m thrilled to present my latest single - an adaption of Handel’s haunting Menuet in B-Flat major from Suite No. 1 HWV 434. This piece is a rare pearl of the Baroque repertoire and here, it has been arranged for the guitar, quite possibly for the first time, by Michael Lewin.
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RANI FRANOVICH retweeted
I despise bureaucracy. They have a purpose but they become a trap where innovation goes to die. America has the innovation, science & capital to be a global nuclear leader but we're being bogged down by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. We need serious reforms at this agency.
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RANI FRANOVICH retweeted
Yesterday was the first day of @NuclearBootcamp 2023 in #Tokyo! So excited to be here! Thanks to @tokyotech_en for hosting us! So excited for what’s to come! #NIB2023
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Hats off to DOE... this simple video is perfect, and we need more like it with approachable, easy to understand content. A mass public education campaign by Federal partners, academia, industry and government experts, teachers and historians can demystify…lnkd.in/eiNZHtfT
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