Patrick White is a Project Manager at the Nuclear Innovation Alliance. He leads research and advocacy

related to advanced reactor licensing strategies, regulatory modernization at the NRC, safety

assessments of nuclear systems, and nuclear technologies and fuel cycles. Dr. White completed his PhD

in Nuclear Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2021 with

his doctoral thesis on licensing methods and regulatory frameworks for commercial fusion technology.

He was a researcher on the 2018 MIT "Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World” study,

co-authoring report chapters on licensing issues related to advanced nuclear reactor deployment.