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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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The transformation of the NRC: 50 years of commissioners
The dust is beginning to settle following the whirlwind of changes at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over the past year, and 2025 ultimately may be viewed as a transformative year, as well as the year the NRC celebrated its golden anniversary. The 12 months of that milestone year brought more change to the agency in its composition, its mandate, and its relationship to the executive branch than any comparable period in the preceding four decades.
Now at 51 years and counting, the NRC is working with a full commission and issuing new rulemakings to both regulate and support the next round of nuclear deployments. With the turbulence of 2025 still fresh in our minds, Nuclear News decided it was a good time to revisit the professional backgrounds of all 42 NRC commissioners who have served over the agency’s 50-year history to see how the composition of the commission has evolved over time.
April 27–30, 2026
Dayton, OH|The Dayton Convention Center
Rian Bahran U.S. DOE
Stephen Bowen NASA astronaut
Nigel BannisterSpace Park Leicester
Megan DillonNC State Univ.
Bhavya LalGeorgetown University
Ralph McNuttJohns Hopkins University
Aaron MilesWhite House OSTP
Clive NealUniv. Notre Dame
Chemical rockets got us off the ground, but they won’t keep us alive on the Moon or get us to Mars in record time. The next era of deep space exploration demands the unrivaled, relentless power of the atom.
Welcome to the Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS) community. Space nuclear technology is no longer a 1960s blueprint; we are operating in a heavily backed renaissance driven by aggressive national space policies, hard government mandates, and massive strategic investments.
This is where the laboratory meets the boardroom and the briefing room. We bring together the visionary engineers building the hardware, the policymakers writing the standards, and the agency leaders deploying the capital. When NASA, the DOE, the DOW, and the commercial aerospace sector need to align on the future of space power, they do it here.
We are the premier community architecting the complete deep-space infrastructure:
Whether you are engineering the hardware, writing the policy, or setting the standards that will turn science fiction into an operational reality, your voice belongs here. Join us as we build the infrastructure of the cosmos.
Register today to join the conversation and help shape the future of space nuclear!
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