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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 RPSD
Tuesday, June 9, 2020|4:35–6:20PM EDT|6
Session Chair:
Chelsea A. D'Angelo
Alternate Chair:
Igor Remec
Session Organizer:
Michael Lorne Fensin
Staff Producer:
Janice Lindegard (American Nuclear Society)
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McCAD v1.0L An Improved CAD to MCNP Interface Library
M. Harb (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), U. Fischer (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), C. Wegmann (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)
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McCad Plugin Developments for the SpaceClaim Software
Ulrich Fischer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Yuefeng Qiu (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Validation of Radiation Transport Methods for Ball Grid Array Inspection Systems
John Porter (Honeywell FMT, LLC), Amir A. Bahadori (Kansas State Univ.), Walter J. McNeil (Kansas State Univ.), Miranda L. Dodson (Kansas State Univ.), Jack T. Casburn (Kansas State Univ.), Ryan J. Strahler (Kansas State Univ.), Nathanael Simerl (Kansas State Univ.), Michael P. Pfeifer (Kansas State Univ.)
From CAD to Nuclear Data S/U for Shielding Applications
Ivan A. Kodeli (Jozef Stefan Institute), Robert E. Grove (ORNL), Bor Kos (ORNL)
Radiation Transport with Moving Geometries and Sources Using DAGMC
Paul P. H. Wilson (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison), Chelsea A. D'Angelo (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison)
Experience with Automatic CAD to MCNP Model Conversion at ORNL's SNS
Wei Lu (ORNL), Igor Remec (ORNL)
