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Division Spotlight
Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
Meeting Spotlight
Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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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Latest News
NRC’s David Wright visits the Hill and more NRC news
Wright
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is in the spotlight today for three very different reasons. First, NRC Chair David Wright was on Capitol Hill yesterday for his renomination hearing in front of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee. Second, the NRC released its updated milestone schedules according to the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) and the executive orders signed by President Trump last month; and third, as reported by Reuters on Tuesday, 28 former NRC officials have condemned the dismissal of Commissioner Hanson earlier this month.
Renomination: EPW Committee chair Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.Va.) opened the hearing with a statement praising Wright’s experience and emphasized the urgency of stable leadership at the NRC.
“China is executing a rapid build-out of its nuclear industry,” Capito said. “The demand for clean, baseload power is skyrocketing as we position America to win the AI race.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPSD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|State
Session Chair:
Irina I. Popova
Alternate Chair:
Tucker C. McClanahan
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How Low Must You Go? De Minimis May Not Be the Threshold You Want, But It's the One You Need
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Amir A. Bahadori (Kansas State), Lawrence Heilbronn (University of Tennessee-Knoxville), Paul Locke (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Lawrence T. Dauer (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
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The Stress Effect: How Radiophobia Skews Low-Dose Radiation Epidemiology
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Robert B. Hayes (NCSU)
Evaluation of Tissue Equivalency of Skin Imitation Layer for Localized Skin Dose Assessment
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Han Cheol Yang (Hanyang Univ.), Seung Beom Goh (Hanyang Univ.), Yong Kyun Kim (Hanyang Univ.)
Radiation Transport Modeling of Porous Structures at High Temperatures
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Nicholas Crenshaw (The University of Texas at Austin), Austin Lo (GenAlpha Nuclear Technologies LLC), William S. Charlton (The University of Texas at Austin)
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