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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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DNFSB’s Summers ends board tenure, extending agency’s loss of quorum
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The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, the independent agency responsible for ensuring that Department of Energy facilities are protective of public health and safety, announced that the board’s acting chairman, Thomas Summers, has concluded his service with the agency, having completed his second term as a board member on October 18.
Summers’ departure leaves Patricia Lee, who joined the DNFSB after being confirmed by the Senate in July 2024, as the board’s only remaining member and acting chair. Lee’s DNFSB board term ends in October 2027.
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
Amanda Donges is the senior vice president of Teaching & Learning and executive director, National Academy for Nuclear Training (NANT) for the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) in Atlanta, Georgia.
INPO, sponsored by the commercial nuclear industry, is an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the highest levels of safety and reliability - to promote excellence - in the operation of commercial nuclear power plants.
Ms. Donges joined INPO in September 2007 and was elected vice president in November 2020 and senior vice president in May 2024. Previous positions include vice president of Industry Performance, director of Plant Operations, manager of Industry Leadership and Performance Improvement, organizational effectiveness leader, corporate secretary and staff assistant to the CEO, manager of Events Analysis, and Operations evaluator.
From September 2018 until September 2019, Ms. Donges participated in an on-loan assignment to Xcel Energy as a general manager of nuclear fleet operations.
Prior to joining INPO, Ms. Donges served in the U.S. Navy's nuclear power program.
Ms. Donges received a Bachelor of Science degree in quantitative economics from the United States Naval Academy. She also received a pressurized water reactor (PWR) senior reactor operator certification in 2008.
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