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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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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.
Plenary Session
Tuesday, February 4, 2025|11:40AM–1:00PM EST|Magnolia EFG
SpeakerS (click on photo to read bio)
Lori Brady
Rosa Schmidt
Lisa Marshall
Join us for our inaugural CONTE awards luncheon-- celebrating those who bring unique and innovative approaches to addressing industry training and education challenges, as well as highlighting certain ANS award winners. We will also hear from the Department of Energy on how we can advance our nuclear energy future through human capital; and from the Center for Energy Workforce Development on the adoption of the new federal 17th career cluster, and how to use this historic change to drive long-term industry success.
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