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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Deep Space: The new frontier of radiation controls
In commercial nuclear power, there has always been a deliberate tension between the regulator and the utility owner. The regulator fundamentally exists to protect the worker, and the utility, to make a profit. It is a win-win balance.
From the U.S. nuclear industry has emerged a brilliantly successful occupational nuclear safety record—largely the result of an ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) process that has driven exposure rates down to what only a decade ago would have been considered unthinkable. In the U.S. nuclear industry, the system has accomplished an excellent, nearly seamless process that succeeds to the benefit of both employee and utility owner.
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FFTF Reactor Operations Management Team: R. H. DavisG. B. GriffinD. G. HamrickL. E. HarvilleC. P. WickD. J. SwaimJohn C. Merritt, Jr. (Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company)Team: Shuh-Ji Tsuei (Taiwan Power Company)Shoei-Jin LiaoNeng-Fu Shih
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Chicago Pile - 5 Approved FebruaryExperimental Boiling Water Reactor Approved FebruaryHigh Flux Beam Reactor Approved OctoberNorthwest Electrodevelopment Lab. Approved October
B. Stephen CarpenterWilliam L. McLaughlin
Arthur B. Chilton
David Okrent
Morris Udall
John O'Sullivan
GraduateUniversity of TennesseeScott Thomas, Leonard Palko, Aiman Amer, Luiz Leal, Jerry KingUndergraduateUniversity of Notre DameDavid Dusing, Gerald Goldner, Michael MacLennan, Yerolemos Michael, John MullaneHonorable Mention - GraduateUniversity of TennesseeJeff Buczek, Mike Roberts, Chris Robinson, Wilson VieraHonorable Mention - UndergraduateGeorgia Institute of TechnologyDavid N. Anthony, Kathleen A. Gustad, Tanya M. Hall, Philip C. Howell, John R. Thatcher, Jr.
Salomon Levy
Spencer H. Bush
Nunzio J. Palladino
