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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.
2025 CONTE Virtual Meeting Plenary Session Speaker
Rosa is Director of Members Services and Veteran Programming for the Center for Energy Workforce Development. She has been with CEWD for over 10 years and serves as advisor and lead consultant for the Northeast, MidAtlantic, South and Southeast Regions of the country. She provides coaching to companies and consortia on strategy and workforce development solutions. She also leads the Troops to Energy Jobs initiatives as well as managing the Contractor Community of Practice.
Before CEWD, Rosa worked at a Fortune 500 company as a Human Resources leader where she led major initiatives in organization development, change management, talent acquisition/ management, strategic staffing, and training. She has over 20 years in workforce and leadership development, performance management, career planning, and succession planning. She has also served as an adjunct instructor for Executive and Professional Education at Rutgers University, in New Jersey.
Rosa holds a Masters in Organization Development/ Human Resource Management from American University and a Bachelor in Human Resource Management from Upsala College.
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