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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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The newest era of workforce development at ANS
As most attendees of this year’s ANS Annual Conference left breakfast in the Grand Ballroom of the Chicago Downtown Marriott to sit in on presentations covering everything from career pathways in fusion to recently digitized archival nuclear films, 40 of them made their way to the hotel’s fifth floor to take part in the second offering of Nuclear 101, a newly designed certification course that seeks to give professionals who are in or adjacent to the industry an in-depth understanding of the essentials of nuclear energy and engineering from some of the field’s leading experts.
Thursday, May 8, 2025|9:15AM–1:15PM CDT
Meet in the Huntsville Marriott lobby by 9:15 am - the busses will be departing promptly by 9:30 am
Cost: $50
Capacity: 50 people
Lunch will not be provided
NASA Bus Tour Rules
The Payload Operations Integration Center is the 24/7 command post for research and technology activities on the International Space Station. The POIC manages all U.S. science, coordinates with international partners, and trains astronauts and ground team flight controllers.
The lab is the hub for advanced propulsion research and technology development. Highlights from its exhibit gallery include Marshall Space Flight Center's work on landers and the Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine. The Space Nuclear Propulsion Office will also have items displayed. Outside of the lab building is Propulsion Park, which includes a nuclear NERVA XE’’ engine, space shuttle solid rocket booster, aerospike engine, and F-1 engine.
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is responsible for the design, construction, and testing of regenerative life support hardware for the International Space Station, known as the Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS). Attendees will get to view modules that simulate the space station environment and examples of hardware that support the ECLSS.
The original test stand for the Redstone and Jupiter-C rockets. The site includes a blockhouse made of three rail tankers welded together and buried underground - this is where Wernher von Braun and his team observed and controlled engine test firings.
