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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Deep geologic repository progress—2025 Update
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.
Buses will be running in two continuous loops to and from the Convention center and the hotels listed here during the times listed below. We are happy to provide resources for transport to any individuals with ADA requirements. Please contact us with any concerns at meetings@ans.org
bus Schedule:
Continuous loop
Monday 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tuesday 7:00 am – 7:30 pm
Wednesday 7:00 am – 5:30 pm, and 6:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Thursday 7:00 am- 1:30 pm
Bus Pickup and drop offindicated by the green bus symbol on these maps
Blue Cross of Idaho Conference Center In the Mountain America Center (PBNC 2024 conference venue)
Pickup and drop off outside of main entrance
Route 1 North Hotel Loop
Route 2 South Hotel Loop
Pickup and drop off at driveway entrance due to construction
Pickup and drop off outside of Side Exit
Last modified September 19, 2024, 1:49pm MDT