Profile
Adam Gendelman brings more than 15 years of experience at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to his regulatory and litigation practice, where he advises nuclear energy companies, fuel cycle operators, and technology developers on regulatory enforcement, licensing disputes, and compliance strategy. His career at the NRC included leadership roles overseeing nuclear materials regulation, fuel cycle oversight, waste management and disposal, as well as security and enforcement matters. Adam also served as a health physicist, project manager, and export licensing officer, giving him a deep understanding of how the agency approaches oversight, investigations, and contested proceedings. Adam led major cases before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board and the NRC Commission, and he draws on both legal training and a graduate degree in health physics to bridge the gap between technical and regulatory risk.
Adam counsels clients navigating the full lifecycle of nuclear regulatory matters, from uranium mining and milling and new reactor and fuel facility licensing, to decommissioning, spent fuel management, and waste disposition. At the NRC, Adam held progressively senior roles advising on first-of-a-kind licensing issues in uranium recovery, enrichment, and fuel fabrication projects, brokering interagency agreements on overlapping oversight responsibilities, and integrating complex technical and legal questions into holistic regulatory approaches. He also served as the IAEA expert in decommissioning oversight for the recent mission to the People’s Republic of China.
Adam’s combination of government litigation experience, technical credentials in health physics, and deep familiarity with NRC processes positions him to provide practical, informed counsel to clients operating in and entering the nuclear energy sector.
Concentrations
- Advanced reactor and fuel cycle licensing
- Nuclear regulatory readiness and licensing strategy for the full nuclear fuel cycle
- Materials, decommissioning, and waste management and compliance, including under the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA), the Atomic Energy Act and 10 CFR Part 20, and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act
- International nuclear collaboration and foreign investment
Áreas de Atuação
Experiência
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), 2008-2026
- Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Materials, Fuel Cycle, and Waste Programs
- Acting Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Security and Enforcement
- Senior Attorney
- Project Manager & Health Physicist
- Export Licensing Officer
- Honor Law Graduate / Staff Attorney, Office of the General Counsel
- Led first-of-a-kind regulatory review for uranium recovery and remediation technology, including development of a novel regulatory framework.°
- Served as lead counsel in new reactor licensing proceedings before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, conducting evidentiary hearings, discovery, testimony development, motion practice, and commission appeals. Advised on novel safety, siting, and licensing-pathway questions arising under the Atomic Energy Act and the NRC's framework for new and advanced reactors.°
- Advised the NRC and senior staff on regulatory approaches for first-of-a-kind technology for remediating abandoned uranium mine waste. Developed a defensible alternative approach calibrating regulatory treatment to the technology's risk profile, appropriately facilitating a licensing pathway for deploying remediation technology at legacy uranium sites, including on tribal lands.°
- Led the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel's litigation response in the Yucca Mountain high-level waste repository proceeding. Advised on interrelated questions spanning the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, environmental review, and the standards governing geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Gendelman prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Reconhecimento & Liderança
- Selected, IAEA Decommissioning Expert, International Regulatory Review Mission to China, 2024
Credenciais
- M.S., Health Physics (Nuclear Nonproliferation), with Highest Honors, Georgetown University
- J.D., with Honors, University of Connecticut School of Law
- B.A., University of California, Davis
- Connecticut