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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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DOE’s Marla Morales talks with ANS’s Craig Piercy
A recent American Nuclear Society webinar featured an extended one-on-one conversation between ANS CEO Craig Piercy and Marla Morales, the acting deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and high-level waste disposition at the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy. The two discussed the future of the fuel cycle in the United States, especially as it relates to the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses program launched by the DOE earlier this year.
General Chairs:
Kostas Dovas (Exelon Generation)
Kostadin Ivanov (North Carolina State Univ.)
Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Christopher McClain (Dominion Energy)
Drew Thomas (Idaho National Laboratory)
Scribe:
Michael Marler (Marler Consulting)
Program Committee Co-Chairs:
Pat Berry (Patrick Berry Consulting, LLC)
Chuck Lease
Review Committee Chair:
Russ Coon (Exelon, retired)
Sponsorship Co-Chairs:
David Helling (Westinghouse)
Dan Randolph (X-energy)
Marketing/Social Media Chair:
Billy Wilson (OPG)
Committee Members:
Douglas Batche (Exelon)
Oum Keltoum Bouhelal (Higher National School Mines)
Lori Brady (Nuclear Energy Institute)
Susana del Alamo (Tecnatom)
Kenny Christian (INPO/NANT)
Juan Cortez (Callaway, Ameren)
Thomas Dean (Exelon Generation)
Lisa Edwards (EPRI)
Charlotte Hendrix (INL)
Gerry Hildebrandt (STPEGS)
Lois Jordan (INPO)
Bei Liu (Excelsior College)
Michael Johnson
Al Lowe (Southern Nuclear)
Lisa Marshall (North Carolina State University)
Jason Overstreet (Southern Nuclear)
Analiese Piraino (FENOC)
Brandon Starnes
Pam Terry (Westinghouse)
Jason Valtos (TVA)
Jeffrey Walton (TVA)
Ray Dean
Larry Lucas
Bert Barnes
Others:
Dan Carleton (Terrestrial USA)
Kathryn Hallman (EPRI)
John Hunsicker (Entergy)
Gregg Ludlam
Dan Roy (Accelerant Solutions)
Gregory Ruppert
