As nuclear technologies diversify - such as small modular reactors, floating reactors, new fuels and markets - regulation must evolve to enable innovation, a panel at World Nuclear Symposium agreed. Opening the session, moderator King Lee - head of Policy and Industry Engagement at World Nuclear Association - said nuclear was expanding with new applications in sectors including marine, petrochemical, and the generation of synthetic fuel. Michelle Catts, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Programmes at GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy, said new nuclear technologies and their new applications "are really placing pressure on regulatory systems that were made for another era". Around the world, regulators are already showing confidence in this approach." World Nuclear Transport Institute CEO Pete Bryant added: "Regulation cannot be tied to process.