Demonstrating Compliance in SMR Projects Using TrackerCheck

Based on a presentation by Martyn Canham, Rev1 Energy – SMR Conference, May 2025

Introduction

Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are poised to play a pivotal role in the future of global energy generation. Their modularity, scalability, and safety promise a new era in clean, flexible, and secure power. However, as Martyn Canham of Rev1 Energy emphasized during the SMR Conference in May 2025, the successful deployment of SMRs hinges not only on technology and economics but on one critical enabler: compliance.

In this context, TrackerCheck emerges as a powerful digital tool for ensuring and demonstrating regulatory compliance across all phases of SMR construction and commissioning.

The SMR Compliance Challenge

While SMRs offer substantial advantages — including aging infrastructure replacement, decarbonization goals, and increased energy security — they face complex and evolving regulatory requirements. U.S. regulations, including 10 CFR Part 50 and 52, demand precise adherence to licensing conditions and detailed ITAAC (Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria).

Failure to meet these obligations not only delays commissioning but also undermines stakeholder trust, increases project costs, and can jeopardize the operating license.

What is TrackerCheck?

TrackerCheck is a cloud-based, real-time compliance tracking and quality assurance platform developed by Rev1 Energy. Originally used in the oil and gas and large infrastructure sectors, it has been adapted to meet the unique demands of nuclear-grade compliance, particularly for SMR programs.

Key Features Supporting SMR Deployment

1. ITAAC Traceability and Verification

TrackerCheck links every ITAAC item to its corresponding design document, test procedure, and acceptance record, allowing clear demonstration that each regulatory condition has been met. This digital audit trail helps mitigate risks of schedule slippage by ensuring no compliance step is overlooked or delayed.

2. Real-Time Visibility and Governance

Through customizable dashboards and exception reporting, TrackerCheck provides real-time oversight of project readiness, highlighting gaps, delays, or discrepancies in compliance activities. This enables early intervention and supports proactive regulatory engagement.

3. Alignment with Modular Construction

Given the prefabricated nature of SMRs, TrackerCheck supports factory acceptance testing (FAT), module shipment, and on-site installation validation, maintaining continuity of compliance from module shop to field installation.

4. Regulatory Confidence and Transparency

TrackerCheck enables clear, timestamped, and structured evidence of completed inspections, tests, and quality control steps — key to satisfying nuclear regulators and independent inspectors. It enhances trust with stakeholders, including the NRC, utilities, and investors.

Enabling Cost and Schedule Certainty

TrackerCheck helps SMR developers and operators avoid the costly pitfall of reactive compliance. Instead, it embeds compliance as a living, auditable process throughout project execution — one that evolves with design, regulatory updates, and on-the-ground construction progress. This approach ensures projects remain on track, within budget, and fully aligned with licensing obligations.

Conclusion

As Martyn Canham outlined, the future of SMRs depends on more than innovative technology; it depends on building trust — with regulators, investors, and the public. TrackerCheck is Rev1 Energy’s response to that need: a smart, proven system for demonstrating compliance, reducing risk, and ensuring every SMR unit is safe, licensed, and ready to power the future.