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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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ANS Winter Conference: DOE, NRC leaders stress need for speedier nuclear approval
David Wright
Chris Wright
During speeches at the American Nuclear Society’s Winter Conference & Expo, happening this week in Washington, D.C., Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair David Wright both promised that the Trump administration will speed up nuclear reviews so the U.S. can maintain leadership in nuclear energy.
The DOE’s Wright took a stab at the NRC’s traditionally slow bureaucratic processes in approving primarily large light water reactors in the past, saying that the agency needs to speed up to meet the greater demand for new small modular reactors.
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2:25–2:45PM PDT
Laguna A
Session Chairs: Theresa E. Cutler, Catherine M. Percher
3:15–5:00PM PDT
Laguna B
Session Chairs: Nicolas Thompson, Jesson D. Hutchinson
Session Chairs: Luiz C. Leal, Christopher M. Perfetti
8:00–9:45AM PDT
El Capitan A
Session Chairs: Deborah A. Hill, Benjamin Martin
Session Chairs: Liam Payne, Konner Casanova
10:15AM–12:00PM PDT
Session Chairs: Leah Berman, Dallas Moser
Session Chairs: William J. Marshall, Jennifer L. Alwin
1:00–2:45PM PDT
Pacific A
Session Chairs: David K. Hayes, Michael L. Zerkle
Session Chairs: Dale B. Lancaster, Olivier Ravat
Session Chairs: John D. Bess, Coralie Carmouze
San Simeon B
Session Chairs: Amber J. McCarthy, Kirk D. Atkinson
Session Chairs: Kermit A. Bunde, Shauntay Coleman
Panel|Laguna A
Session Chairs: Justin B. Clarity, Kaushik Banerjee
Session Chairs: Theresa Cutler, Alfie O'Neill
Session Chairs: Matthieu Duluc, Alex Salazar
Session Chairs: Nicholas Thompson, Kelsey Amundson
Session Chairs: Mark Neeley, David P. Heinrichs
Session Chairs: Nicolas Leclaire, David E. Ames
Session Chairs: Michael E. Rising, Rae Bruenderman
