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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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The transformation of the NRC: 50 years of commissioners
The dust is beginning to settle following the whirlwind of changes at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over the past year, and 2025 ultimately may be viewed as a transformative year, as well as the year the NRC celebrated its golden anniversary. The 12 months of that milestone year brought more change to the agency in its composition, its mandate, and its relationship to the executive branch than any comparable period in the preceding four decades.
Now at 51 years and counting, the NRC is working with a full commission and issuing new rulemakings to both regulate and support the next round of nuclear deployments. With the turbulence of 2025 still fresh in our minds, Nuclear News decided it was a good time to revisit the professional backgrounds of all 42 NRC commissioners who have served over the agency’s 50-year history to see how the composition of the commission has evolved over time.
June 16–19, 2024
All In on Nuclear Deployment: The Stakes Have Never Been Higher
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
Thank you for participating in the 2024 ANS Annual Conference!
The Annual Conference TRANSACTIONS are now available to all who registered for the conference. Access to the TRANSACTIONS is linked to the account you used to register for the conference.
You can also access the TRANSACTIONS by logging in to the ANS website. Then:
See what happened at our Annual Conference in these photos from the conference!
From the lobby, go through the casino, past the restaurants, food court and Aquarium then up 2 floors via elevator or escalator.
Monday, June 178:00–11:30AM
Jennifer M. GranholmSecretary,U.S. Department of Energy
Jeff LyashTennessee Valley Authority
Chris WomackSouthern Company
Michael GoffU.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy
Peter FreedFormerly Clean Energy Buyers Alliance and Meta
Adrian AndersonMicrosoft
Dr. Adam SteinBreakthrough Institute
Briana KoborGoogle
Tuesday Special Session: Our Friends the Isotopes | Tuesday, June 18 | 8:00–9:45AM
Catherine PratWestinghouse Electric Company
Riaz BandaliNordion
Ben Goodrich TerraPower LLC
Ross Radel, PhD, PESHINE Technologies
Harsh DesaiZeno Power
Alyse HuffmanU.S. Senate Staff Member
Thanks to a great paper submission turnout and our two embedded topical meetings, the 2024 ANS Annual Conference is expanding and moving to a larger venue – Mandalay Bay.
The venue change will allow more space for our technical sessions and great networking opportunities that bring together the nuclear community like no other meeting. To accommodate the change, we’re moving the conference to June 16-19, which is one week later than the original dates.
The two topical meetings, Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS) and International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP), will also take place June 16-19.
This year’s ANS Annual Conference promises to be an experience like no other. You can bet on it.
Questions? Contact conferences@ans.org.
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