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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Monday, June 17, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Jasmine F
Session Chair:
Subash L. Sharma (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Juliana Pacheco Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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Uncertainties for In-Reactor Testing of Tritium Loaded Getters with Temperature Control
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Mie Azuma (PNNL), Nathan Carstens (PNNL), Kevin Anderson (PNNL), Robert Gates (PNNL)
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Preliminary Experimental and Numerical Studies of Light-Core Vortex Rings
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Thien Duy Nguyen (ORNL), Nolan Goth (ORNL), Pablo Moresco (ORNL), Vincent Jodoin (ORNL), Vivek Rao (ORNL)
Identification of Relevant Dimensionless Parameters Using Buckingham Pi Analysis of Helical Rifled Tubes
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), James Vulcanoff (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Scaling Sensitivity Analysis of PUMA Bottom Drain Line Break Accident
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Xueyan Zhang (Huazhong Univ. Science and Technology), Jun Yang (Huazhong Univ. Science and Technology)
Correlation Models of Radioactive Particle Deposition in Ventilation Ducts in Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities
2:20–2:40PM PDT
Daniel Orea (ORNL), Thien Duy Nguyen (ORNL), William McCarter (ORNL), Scott Nelson (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL)
