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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
Wednesday, February 5, 2025|10:10–11:50AM EST|Cumberland B
Session Chair:
Dave Helling (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Session Organizer:
Charles Lease
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Training Program Accreditation: Using Familiar Tools in a Different Way
10:10–10:22AM EST
Grant Herring (Plant Vogtle, Units 3 and 4)
Paper
Small Modular Training for Small Modular Reactors: Case Study for AP300
10:22–10:34AM EST
Jose M. Martin (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Improving Fundamentals in Radiation Protection Training Through Realism
10:34–10:46AM EST
Gregory Gazda (James A. FitzPatrick Clean Energy Center), Timothy Sollenberger (James A. FitzPatrick Clean Energy Center)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees)
Using AI to Create a New Question Bank for Palisades NPP
10:46–10:58AM EST
Learning Objects: The Road to a Data-Driven SAT Process
10:58–11:10AM EST
Jaime Redondo Morais (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Person Based Training: Succeeding in Today's Online Training Environment
11:10–11:22AM EST
Isaac E. Hartsell (Knowledge Objectives)
Presented by Gary Aitken (E3 Services)
Saving the Nuclear Industry: Centralizing Knowledge and Streamlining Content Development
11:22–11:34AM EST
