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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Editor's note: This article has was originally published in November 2023. It has been updated with new information as of June 2025.
Outside my office, there is a display case filled with rock samples from all over the world. It contains a disk of translucent, orange salt from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M.; a core of white-and-bronze gneiss from the site of the future deep geologic repository in Eurajoki, Finland; several angular chunks of fine-grained, gray claystone from the underground research laboratory at Bure, France; and a piece of coarse-grained granite from the underground research tunnel in Daejeon, South Korea.
Pioneer Plaques:
Michael Z. Podowski
Neil Todreas
Richard T. Lahey
Keynote Awards:
Shuichiro Miwa
Alessandro del Nevo
Paolo Balestra
Yasir Arafat
Robert Salko
April Novak
Yohei Sato
Nam Dinh
David E. Holcomb
Fulvio Mascari
Philippe M. Bardet
Organizer Awards:
Yassin Hassan
Hisashi Ninokata
Fan-Bill Cheung
Raymond Furstenau
Bao-Wen Yang
Elia Merzari
Stephen M. Bajorek
Igor Bolotnov
Annalisa Manera
Xiaodong Sun
Best Paper Plaques:
Chi Wang, Md Mahamudur Rahman, and Matteo Bucci
Jun Fang, Dillon Shaver, Paul Romano, and Elia Merzari
Roman W. Morse, Jason Chan, Kristofer M. Dressler, Gregory F. Nellis, Arganthaël Berson, and Jean-Marie Le Corre
Paridhi Athe, Nam Dinh, and Abhinav Gupta
Andrew Bielen, James Corson, and Joseph Staudenmeier
F. Rein, F. Fichot, L. Carénini, M. Le Bars, and B. Favier
David Reger, Elia Merzari, Saya Lee, Paolo Balestra, and Yassin A. Hassan
K. Zwijsen, N. van den Bos, E.M.A. Frederix, F. Roelofs, and A.H. van Zuijlen
Young Professionals Plaques:
Victor Coppo Leite
Trevor Melsheimer
M. Garbarini
THD NURETH Fellow Awards:
Stephen Bajorek
Jacopo Buongiorno
Certificates of Appreciation-Sponsors:
Argonne National Laboratory
BWX Technologies, Inc.
Constellation Energy Group
EDF
Idaho National Laboratory
Kairos Power
LaVision Inc.
Naval Nuclear Laboratory
Nuclear Engineering at NCSU
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Westinghouse Electric Company
Certificates of Appreciation-Plenary Speakers:
Kathryn Huff
Jose N. Reyes, Jr.
Rita Baranwal
Koji Okamoto
Leon Cizelj
Per Peterson
Certificates of Appreciation-Steering Committee Co-Chairs:
John Luxat
Sofiane Benhamadouche
Chul-Hwa Song
Thomas Fanning
Certificates of Appreciation-Honors & Awards Committee:
Craig Gerardi
W. David Pointer
Ki-Yong Choi
Ferry Roelofs
Katrien Van Tichelen
Certificates of Appreciation-Reviewers:
Nadish Saini
Marco Colombo
Jun Liao
Sunming Qin
Last modified September 12, 2023, 10:50am EDT
