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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.
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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