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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 Space: The new frontier of radiation controls
In commercial nuclear power, there has always been a deliberate tension between the regulator and the utility owner. The regulator fundamentally exists to protect the worker, and the utility, to make a profit. It is a win-win balance.
From the U.S. nuclear industry has emerged a brilliantly successful occupational nuclear safety record—largely the result of an ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) process that has driven exposure rates down to what only a decade ago would have been considered unthinkable. In the U.S. nuclear industry, the system has accomplished an excellent, nearly seamless process that succeeds to the benefit of both employee and utility owner.
Technical Session
Monday, September 15, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Room 1
Session Chair:
Brittany M. Williamson
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Satoshi Gunji
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The Importance of Collaboration Throughout Transition into New Phases in Facility Lifecycles
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Amy E. van der Vyver (Sellafield Limited), Lindsey Whiteley (Sellafield Ltd.), Jennifer H. Bateman (Sellafield Ltd.)
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Building a Collaborative Relationship between Contractor and Regulator at SRPPF
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Brittany M. Williamson (Spectra Tech, Inc.), Michael A. Fendler (Sigma Science Ince)
SPARC, an Effort to Reestablish a Horizontal Split Table Critical Facility for HALEU Experiments and Beyond
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (INL), Nicolas P. Martin (INL), Mark D. DeHart (INL), Catherine M. Percher (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Theresa E. Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory), William Wieselquist (ORNL)
M441 Onsite Transport Dolly Implementation at the Y-12 National Security Complex
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Adam W. Walker (Y-12 National Security Complex)
Modification and Resumption of the Static Experiment Critical Facility (STACY)
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Junichi Ishii (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Masakazu Seki (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Eiju Aizawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Masato Sumiya (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Tomoyuki Maekawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Yu Arakaki (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Kenta Hasegawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Shouhei Araki (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Kazuhiko Izawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Satoshi Gunji (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
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