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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Senate EPW Committee to hold Nieh nomination hearing
Nieh
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a nomination hearing Wednesday for Ho Nieh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as commission at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Trump nominated Nieh on July 30 to serve as NRC commissioner the remainder of a term that will expire June 30, 2029, as Nuclear NewsWire previously reported.
Nieh has been vice president of regulatory affairs at Southern Nuclear since 2021, though since June 2024 he has been at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations as a loaned executive.
A return to the NRC: If confirmed by the Senate, Nieh would be returning to the NRC after three previous stints totaling nearly 20 years.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Monday, June 16, 2025|3:15–5:15PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom F
Session Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Alternate Chair:
Fan Zhang
Session Organizer:
Hyun Gook Kang
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Regulatory Challenges and Potential Path Forward for Integrating Advanced Cybersecurity in Nuclear Reactors
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Fraser Dougall (Sandia), Titus Gray (Sandia), Benjamin Karch (Sandia), Michael T. Rowland (Sandia)
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On the Control of Nonlinear Systems Using DIOD
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Tyler Lewis (Purdue Univ.), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.)
Development of a Physical Reactor Loop Testbed for Cybersecurity
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Max Goddard (Georgia Tech), Jacob Faile (Georgia Tech), Jackson Stahl (Georgia Tech)
A QRNG-Based Quantum Cryptography Testbed for Secure Nuclear Reactor Monitoring
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.), Vasileios Theos (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
Implementing Complementary Defensive Strategies in Defensive Cybersecurity Architectures
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Lee T. Maccarone (Sandia), Jenna deCastro (Sandia), Michael T. Rowland (Sandia)
Integrity Enhancing Protocols: Performance and Recommendations for Nuclear Systems
4:55–5:15PM CDT
Romuald Valme (Sandia), Adam Beauchaine (Sandia), Minami Tanaka (Sandia), Chris Lamb (Sandia)
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