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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Deep geologic repository progress—2025 Update
Editor's note: This article has was originally published in November 2023. It has been updated with new information as of June 2025.
Outside my office, there is a display case filled with rock samples from all over the world. It contains a disk of translucent, orange salt from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M.; a core of white-and-bronze gneiss from the site of the future deep geologic repository in Eurajoki, Finland; several angular chunks of fine-grained, gray claystone from the underground research laboratory at Bure, France; and a piece of coarse-grained granite from the underground research tunnel in Daejeon, South Korea.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Tuesday, June 13, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|Marriott 3
Session Chair:
Lisa M. Marshall
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
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Partnership for Radiation Studies (PaRS): A Consortium for Advancing Radiation Science Among Underrepresented STEM Students
10:00–10:20AM EDT
Manish Sharma (PNNL), Cheslan K. Simpson (PNNL), Jonathan Burnett (PNNL), Ryan O'Mara (PNNL), Thomas Gray (PNNL), Jonathan Lassiter (Alabama A&M Univ.), Stephen Babalola (Alabama A&M Univ.), Padmaja Guggilla (Alabama A&M Univ.), Rastgo Hawrami (Fisk Univ.), Arnold Burger (Fisk Univ.), Elsa Ariesanti (Fisk Univ.), Martine C. Duff (SRNL), Samuel Uba (SRNL)
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Nuclear Criticality Safety Training: Needs and Efforts
10:20–10:40AM EDT
Walid A. Metwally (ORNL), Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
International Nuclear Security Education Network (INSEN): Overview and USA Engagement
10:40–11:00AM EDT
Walid A. Metwally (ORNL), Cary Crawford (ORNL), Cristen Ford (National Nuclear Security Administration)
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