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Anna Kurian Shaw, Lauren Cury, Katherine Bastian, Brendan Quinn & Hadley Dreibelbis
Hogan Lovells US LLP‘s Washington DC-based energy regulation practice is recognized for its active involvement in high-profile nuclear energy projects and its specialized support for clients facing Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) investigations, ensuring compliance with complex regulatory frameworks. The team provides nuclear regulatory counsel on significant sector transactions and advises non-nuclear clients seeking to navigate the industry. With deep expertise in export controls, economic sanctions, and non-proliferation laws across multiple jurisdictions, the firm also brings extensive experience in Department of Energy (DOE)-focused nuclear issues. Daniel Stenger, with over four decades of experience, is a key figure in nuclear regulatory matters, including NRC license transfers essential for restructurings and corporate transactions. Mary Anne Sullivan leverages her expertise in the sector to provide strategic guidance on critical DOE funding and regulatory challenges. The practice benefits from the recent addition of George Cannon who brings extensive expertise in the power sector from regulatory, markets, policy, commercial, and transactional perspectives and includes all issues at FERC, advising clients on behind-the-meter structures, including data centers co-located with generation resources. Amy Roma has left the firm.
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Key clients
- X-energy, LLC
- EnergySolutions, LLC
- Urenco
- Helion Energy
- University of Missouri
- Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE)
- Zeno Power Systems
- Curium US LLC
- Last Energy
- Carrier Global International
- Nuclear Energy Institute
- Terra Praxis
Work highlights
Advised Shepherd Power on microreactor licensing, presenting to the NRC with oil and gas companies. The NRC agreed to a streamlined approach, enabling cost-effective mass manufacturing and rapid deployment, paving the way for widespread adoption of microreactors in the energy sector.
Continued advancing fusion commercialization with Helion Energy. The firm secured federal legislation directing NRC licensing reform, facilitated Helion’s negotiations with OpenAI for fusion-powered data centers, supported Helion’s partnership with NuCor Steel for a 500 MW fusion plant, and engaged global regulators on mass deployment and nonproliferation.
Advises X-energy on all aspects of its business, including licensing its advanced reactor at a Dow Chemical plant in Texas, a pioneering project supporting industrial decarbonization. The firm also counsels on X-energy’s first-of-a-kind fuel fabrication facility in Tennessee and international reactor projects in the UK and Canada.
Other key lawyers
Daniel Stenger; Mary Anne Sullivan; George Cannon