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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 RPSD
Wednesday, June 14, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|Marriott 1
Session Chair:
Ray Klann (PNNL)
Alternate Chair:
Irina I. Popova
Session Organizer:
Sunil S. Chirayath (TAMU)
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Update of Nuclear Responses in the ITER Superconducting Magnets Using the E-lite 360⁰ Analysis Model
10:00–10:20AM EDT
M. Fabbri (Fusion for Energy), R.Pampin (Fusion for Energy), F. Gauthier (ITER Org.), N. Mitchell (ITER Org.), G.Pedroche (Univ. Nacional de Educación a Distancia), A.Cubi (Latesys)
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Dosimetry for Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants
10:20–10:40AM EDT
Reuven Rachamin (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Joerg Konheiser (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Astrid Barkleit (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Marcus Seidl (PreussenElektra)
Benchmarking of Stainless Steel Cube Neutron Leakage in Research Center Rez
10:40–11:00AM EDT
Zdeněk Matěj (Masaryk Univ.), Michal Kostal (Research Centre Rez), Martin Schulc (Research Centre Rez), Evzen Losa (Research Centre Rez), Jan Simon (Research Centre Rez), Evzen Novak (Research Centre Rez), Frantisek Cvachovec (Masaryk Univ.), Vaclav Prenosil (Masaryk Univ.), Filip Mravec (Masaryk Univ.), Tomas Czakoj (Research Centre Rez), Vojtech Rypar (Research Centre Rez), Andrej Trkov (IAEA), Roberto Capote (IAEA)
Weight Values for MCNP Calculations Based on Recursive Monte-Carlo Method
11:00–11:20AM EDT
Pratibha Yadav (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf), Reuven Rachamin (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Jörg Konheiser (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
