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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.
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Panel|Room 305
Tuesday, April 28, 2026|8:00–9:20AM EDT
Room 302/303/304|Session Chair: Timothy Erickson
Tuesday, April 28, 2026|10:10–11:30AM EDT
Room 306|Session Chair: Teandra Pfeil
Room 302/303/304|Session Chair: Garrett Pohl
Tuesday, April 28, 2026|1:00–2:00PM EDT
Room 302/303/304|Session Chair: Thomas DeMichael
Tuesday, April 28, 2026|2:00–3:20PM EDT
Room 302/303/304|Session Chair: Taylor Hampson
Wednesday, April 29, 2026|8:00–9:20AM EDT
Room 302/303/304|Session Chair: David Frate
Wednesday, April 29, 2026|10:10–11:30AM EDT
Room 302/303/304|Session Chair: Julia Cline
Wednesday, April 29, 2026|1:00–2:00PM EDT
Room 305|Session Chair: Timothy Wharton
Room 302/303/304|Session Chair: Daniel Kelly
Wednesday, April 29, 2026|2:00–3:20PM EDT
Room 302/303/304|Session Chair: Jhonathan Rosales
Thursday, April 30, 2026|8:00–9:20AM EDT
Room 302/303/304|Session Chair: Greeta Thaikattil
Thursday, April 30, 2026|10:10–11:30AM EDT
Room 306|Session Chair: Jarvis Caffrey
Room 302/303/304|Session Chair: Vincent Varouh
Thursday, April 30, 2026|1:00–2:00PM EDT
Room 306|Session Chair: Nicholas Brooks
Room 302/303/304|Session Chair: Jessica Leung
Thursday, April 30, 2026|2:00–3:20PM EDT
Room 305|Session Chair: Joel Krakower
Room 306|Session Chair: Allen Guzik
Room 306|Session Chair: Sara Sumner
Room 305|Session Chair: Joe Hough
Room 305|Session Chair: Matthew Stang
Room 305|Session Chair: Alex Gilbert
Room 305|Session Chair: Salvatore Oriti
Room 305|Session Chair: Adam Parkison
Panel|Room 305|Session Chair: Nicole Smith
Room 306|Session Chair: Jericho Locke
Room 306|Session Chair: Ernestina Wozniak
Room 306|Session Chair: Gina Dugala
Room 306|Session Chair: Luis Rodriguez
Panel|Room 302/303/304
Room 306|Session Chair: Frank Putzu
Room 306|Session Chair: Susan S. Voss
Room 306|Session Chair: Catrina Melograna
