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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.
July 15–20, 2023
Knoxville, TN|Knoxville Convention Center
You are invited to submit your work for special issues of the ANS journals Nuclear Science and Engineering and Nuclear Technology or to the ANS publication platform Nuclear Science and Technology Open Research. Click the + for more information.
The NPIC&HMIT 2023 and PSA 2023 conferences have partnered with ANS journals Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) and Nuclear Technology (NT) to publish special issues of papers derived from the conferences. Additionally, should you choose not to pursue journal publication, we invite you to consider submitting to the special collections on the ANS online platform Nuclear Science and Technology Open Research (NSTOR). See below or click here for more information on NSTOR.
If interested, please contact the guest editors listed below or submit directly via the links below.
**Submission window: open now with a final deadline of March 31, 2024
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Please consider the scopes of the journals when deciding where to submit.
Nuclear Science and Engineering welcomes submissions that explore basic and fundamental research in all areas related to nuclear science and engineering. Submit to Nuclear Science & Engineering – Questions? Email nse@ans.org.
Nuclear Technology welcomes submissions that explore all phases of applications of fundamental research to nuclear technology. Submit to Nuclear Technology – Questions? Email nt@ans.org.
Nuclear Science and Technology Open Research welcomes submissions where authors prefer, or funders require, a fully open publication venue for research articles, and/or where authors would like to submit article types not typically supported by archival journals (e.g., brief reports, method articles, data notes, posters/presentations). Submit to NSTOR NPIC&HMIT 2023 | PSA 2023 – Questions? Email nstor@ans.org.
Thank you again for attending NPIC&HMIT 2023 and PSA 2023, and we hope you participate in this special issue opportunity!
Our very best,
Vivek Agarwal, guest editor, NPIC&HMIT 2023 Program Chairvivek.agarwal@inl.gov
Jamie Coble, guest editor, NPIC&HMIT 2023 General Chair jamie@utk.edu
Mihai Diaconeasa, guest editor, PSA 2023 Publications Chair madiacon@ncsu.edu
Askin Yigitoglu, guest editor, PSA 2023 Program Chair yigitoglua@ornl.gov
Michael Muhlheim, guest editor, PSA 2023 General Chair muhlheimmd@ornl.gov
Farzad Rahnema, Nuclear Science and Engineering editor-in-chief frahnema@outlook.com
Yassin Hassan, Nuclear Technology editor-in-chief y-hassan@tamu.edu
Congratulations to these award winners for all their hard work!
NPIC&HMIT is the de facto forum for nuclear instrumentation and control (I&C) and human factors engineering (HFE) professionals to meet with leaders in industry and academia, discover the state of the technology, exchange information, and discuss future directions. In addition to an impressive list of government and industry leaders, we are also planning several outstanding hot-topic technical sessions and popular plenary speakers, which will attract professionals from across the nation and internationally.
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