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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Matt Wald on nuclear power
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Matt Wald, an independent energy analyst and a writer who contributes to the Breakthrough Institute and has written feature articles for Nuclear News, recently shared his nuclear perspectives in a Zoom talk with Friends of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering ORNL’s scientific goals.
Missed opportunity: Wald, a former reporter for The New York Times and a former policy analyst for the Nuclear Energy Institute, feels that the nuclear industry and community “have committed industrial sin. Nuclear suffered through a long drought, and now it sees terrific demand for its product, and it’s not ready to deliver the needed electricity.”
Plenary Session|Panel
Monday, June 14, 2021|10:00AM–12:30PM EDT
It’s been a long journey, but we are closer than ever before to deploying the next generation of advanced reactors. New, innovative designs with enhanced safety and improved economics, including small modular and micro reactors, should be under construction in only a few years. Speakers from across the new reactor community will address how we got here, what we’ve learned, and how we keep the momentum going to assure success.
General Chair
Dr. Thomas ZachariaOak Ridge National LaboratoryDirector
ANS President
Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, PhDANS President 2020-2021
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Craig H. PiercyANS Executive Director/CEO
SPEAKERS
Maria KorsnickNuclear Energy InstitutePresident and Chief Executive Officer
Chris LevesqueTerraPowerPresident and Chief Executive Officer
J. Clay SellX-energyChief Executive Officer
Dr. Rita BaranwalElectric Power Research InstituteVice President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Honorable Christopher T. HansonU.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionChairman
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