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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Onkalo SNF repository passes safety assessment
The “world’s first industrial-scale final disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel,” planned for the Finnish island of Olkiluoto, has received a favorable safety assessment from the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland (STUK). Ilkka Poikolainen, the president and CEO of Posiva, the waste management company that has been developing the Onkalo facility for decades, characterized the assessment as “a highly significant and positive milestone in the operating license process.”
10:00–11:40AM EST
Cumberland C
Session Chair: Drew Thomas|Alternate Chair: Charles Lease
Cumberland B
Session Chair: Amanda Cobb
Panel|Cumberland A
Session Chair: Lori Brady|Alternate Chair: Tim Riti
1:00–2:40PM EST
Session Chair: Bert Barnes
Session Chair: Billy Wilson
Session Chair: Hannah Hunnicutt
3:20–5:00PM EST
Session Chair: Liv Blackmon
Session Chair: John Mobley
Session Chair: Drew Thomas|Alternate Chair: Olivia Blackmon
10:10–11:50AM EST
Session Chair: Dave Helling
1:10–2:50PM EST
Session Chair: Dan Randolph
8:00–9:40AM EST
Cumberland A
Session Chair: Drew Thomas
