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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.
Technical Session|Testing, Evaluation, and Production Supply Chain
Tuesday, April 28, 2026|8:00–9:20AM EDT|Room 306
Session Chair:
Sara Sumner
Alternate Chair:
Kaitlyn Judd
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Design and Safety Review of MIT Reactor Hydrogen Environment Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Fuel Test Loop
8:00–8:20AM EDT
P. Riley (MIT), N. Cetiner (MIT), A. Seshadri (MIT), D. Carpenter (MIT), K. Shirvan (MIT)
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Preliminary Findings of the Experimental Development Unit Cold Flow Test for a Generation Zero NTP Engine
8:20–8:40AM EDT
Jason Sheth (NASA), Elaine Hatfield (NASA), Aubrey McKelvy (Amentum ESSCA), Eetu Kohtanen (Amentum ESSCA), Roman Sherrod (Amentum ESSCA), Ryan Swanson (BWXT)
Initial Experiments of a CNTP Engine With the Buckeye BUBLERR
8:40–9:00AM EDT
Spencer Christian (Ohio State), Liam Foss (Ohio State), Roshan Robinson (Ohio State), Calvin Chandler (Ohio State), Joshua Naudet (Ohio State), John Horack (Ohio State)
Regulatory Feasibility of Contemporary Atmospheric NTP Testing
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Demir Can Erkiralp (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Loïc Magnan (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Tomasz Kozlowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
