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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
Tuesday, September 16, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Room 2
Session Chair:
Shauntay Coleman
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Darwin Damba
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Improved Workflow and Productivity Tools for NCS at Sandia National Laboratories
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Ashley R. Raster (Sandia National Laboratories), William M. Cook (Sandia National Laboratories), John A. Miller (Sandia National Laboratories), Shawn J. Henderson (Sandia National Laboratories)
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Summary of 2024 NCS Operational Events at Los Alamos National Laboratory
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Andrew B. Smiley (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Alicia Salazar-Crockett (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Ensuring Safety at Melox: Real-Time Monitoring of Plutonium in First Barrier Filters
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Olivier Ravat (Orano R MELOX)
A Novel Approach to Providing Criticality Safety Support to the Research & Development of a New Waste Treatment Concept
2:00–2:10PM CDT
Sarah E. O'Sullivan (Cerberus Nuclear Limited), Tom Page (Cerberus Nuclear Limited), Dominic D. Winstanley (Sellafield Limited)
The Effects of Modern Analysis on Birdcage Container Simplification Efforts
2:10–2:20PM CDT
Daniel Wentz (Y-12 National Security Complex)
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