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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Take steps on SNF and HLW disposal
Matt Bowen
With a new administration and Congress, it is time once again to ponder what will happen—if anything—on U.S. spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste management policy over the next few years. One element of the forthcoming discussion seems clear: The executive and legislative branches are eager to talk about recycling commercial SNF. Whatever the merits of doing so, it does not obviate the need for one or more facilities for disposal of remaining long-lived radionuclides. For that reason, making progress on U.S. disposal capabilities remains urgent, lest the associated radionuclide inventories simply be left for future generations to deal with.
In March, Rick Perry, who was secretary of energy during President Trump’s first administration, observed that during his tenure at the Department of Energy it became clear to him that any plan to move SNF “required some practical consent of the receiving state and local community.”1
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|El Capitan A
Session Chair:
Andrew E. Thomas (INL)
Alternate Chair:
James E. Baciak
Session Organizer:
Lisa M. Marshall
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Non-Disruptive Change Management in a Digitized Nuclear World
Somayaji Ayalasomayajula (Nuclear Promise X), Krista Nicholson (Nuclear Promise X), Kshitij Ahuja (Nuclear Promise X), Lindsay Braithwaite (Nuclear Promise X)
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Periodic Assessment with Improvement Feedback in Undergraduate Nuclear Engineering Programs
Stephen U. Egarievwe (Alabama A&M Univ.)
Presented by Drew Thomas (INL)
Assessment of Indoor Radon Levels and the Associated Risks in Selected Halls on the University of Ghana Campus
Aba Bentil Andam (Univ. Ghana), Irene Opoku-Ntim (Ghana Atomic Energy Commission), Barbara Aboagye (Univ. Ghana)
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