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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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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.
Technical Session
Wednesday, February 5, 2025|1:10–2:50PM EST|Cumberland B
Session Chair:
Billy Wilson (OPG)
Session Organizer:
Charles Lease
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Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Ontario Power Generation Training
1:10–1:35PM EST
Heather Tomlinson (Ontario Power Generation)
Presented by Marlene Khalil (Ontario Power Generation)
Paper
Empowering the National Future: Uniting for Nuclear Innovation
1:35–2:00PM EST
Olivia Blackmon (Oak Ridge Associated Universities), Ken Tobin (Oak Ridge Associated Universities), Hannah Hunnicutt (Oak Ridge Associated Universities)
Developing the Next Generation of Radiation Protection Technicians
2:00–2:25PM EST
Joseph Garcia (Nine Mile Point Clean Energy Center), Kenneth Kristensen (Nine Mile Point Clean Energy Center), Keith Lattman (Nine Mile Point Clean Energy Center)
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Registered Apprenticeship Programs to Combat Shortages in the Nuclear Industry
2:25–2:50PM EST
Phee Friend (Day and Zimmerman)
Presented by Claudine Fields (Day and Zimmerman)
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