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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
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3:15–5:00PM PDT
Panel|Palos Verdes A/B
Session Chair: Dillon R. Shaver|Alternate Chair: Lander Ibarra
Redondo
Session Organizer: W. David Pointer
Manhattan
Session Chair: Lane B. Carasik|Alternate Chair: Vivek Rao
10:15AM–12:00PM PDT
Session Chair: Igor A. Bolotnov|Alternate Chair: Arsen Iskhakov
Palos Verdes A/B
Session Chair: Emilian Popov|Alternate Chairs: Emilian Popov, Robert Martin
Session Chair: Nadish Saini|Alternate Chair: Yue Jin
1:00–2:45PM PDT
Session Chair: Ralph Wiser|Alternate Chair: Dillon R. Shaver
Session Chair: Piyush Sabharwall|Alternate Chair: W. David Pointer
Session Chair: Subash Sharma|Alternate Chair: Trevor Howard
Session Chair: Elia Merzari|Alternate Chair: Yassin A. Hassan
Session Chair: Lander Ibarra|Alternate Chair: Milos Atz
Session Chair: Xu Wu|Alternate Chair: Jun Fang
Session Chair: Subash L. Sharma|Alternate Chair: Nithin Panicker
San Simeon B
Session Chair: Bao-Wen Yang|Alternate Chair: Jun Liao
Session Chair: Minghui Chen|Alternate Chair: Qiuping Lv
Session Chair: SuJong Yoon|Alternate Chair: Vittorio Badalassi
Session Chair: Juliana P. Duarte|Alternate Chair: Kyung Mo Kim
Session Chair: Nolan Goth|Alternate Chair: Sheng Zhang
Session Chair: SuJong Yoon|Alternate Chair: Wei Ding
Session Chair: Guanyi Wang
Session Chair: Nolan Goth|Alternate Chair: Franklin Curtis
Session Chair: Trevor Kent Howard|Alternate Chair: Robert K. Salko
Panel|San Simeon B
Session Chair: Xingang Zhao|Alternate Chair: Yang Liu
