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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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The transformation of the NRC: 50 years of commissioners
The dust is beginning to settle following the whirlwind of changes at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over the past year, and 2025 ultimately may be viewed as a transformative year, as well as the year the NRC celebrated its golden anniversary. The 12 months of that milestone year brought more change to the agency in its composition, its mandate, and its relationship to the executive branch than any comparable period in the preceding four decades.
Now at 51 years and counting, the NRC is working with a full commission and issuing new rulemakings to both regulate and support the next round of nuclear deployments. With the turbulence of 2025 still fresh in our minds, Nuclear News decided it was a good time to revisit the professional backgrounds of all 42 NRC commissioners who have served over the agency’s 50-year history to see how the composition of the commission has evolved over time.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, June 14, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EDT|Tennessee
Session Chair:
Timothy M. Crook (Blue Wave AI Labs)
Alternate Chair:
William N. Mann (ANL)
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Data-Based Model for Optimized Power Distribution of a Nuclear-Hydrogen Hybrid Energy System for Grid Power Load Following and Energy Storage Production
8:00–8:20AM EDT
Michael Smith (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Alex French (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Wesley Williams (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Sven Bader (Orano Federal Services)
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Validation of Integrated Energy System Dispatch Strategies with a Transient Physical System Model
8:20–8:40AM EDT
Jacob A. Bryan (Utah State), Seth Dana (Utah State), Aiden S. Meek (Utah State), Manjur R. Basnet (Utah State), Hailei Wang (Utah State)
Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of Natrium Energy Island with Molten Salt Energy Storage
8:40–9:00AM EDT
Seth Dana (Utah State), Aiden S. Meek (Utah State), Jacob A. Bryan (Utah State), Manjur R. Basnet (Utah State), Hailei Wang (Utah State)
Sensitivity Analysis of a Nuclear Hybrid Energy System with Thermal Energy Storage in CAISO and MISO
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Jacob A. Bryan (Utah State), Hailei Wang (Utah State), Paul W. Talbot (INL)
Synthetic Time Series Generation and Model Selection for Three ISOs Using RAVEN
9:20–9:40AM EDT
Manjur Raj Basnet (Utah State), Jacob Bryan (Utah State), Seth Dana (Utah State), Aiden Meek (Utah State), Hailei Wang (Utah State), Paul W. Talbot (INL)