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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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DOE issues new NEPA rule and procedures—and accelerates DOME reactor testing
Meeting a deadline set in President Trump’s May 23 executive order “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy,” the DOE on June 30 updated information on its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rulemaking and implementation procedures and published on its website an interim final rule that rescinds existing regulations alongside new implementing procedures.
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 10, 2021|10:10AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Douglas Osborn (Sandia)
Alternate Chair:
Vaibhav Yadav (INL)
Session Producer:
Nora Fitton
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Risk-Informed Access Delay Timeline Development
10:10–10:40AM EST
Douglas M. Osborn (Sandia), Dusty Brooks (Sandia), Andrew Thompson (Sandia)
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Risk-Informed Approaches for Physical Security
10:40–11:10AM EST
Douglas M. Osborn (Sandia), Adam Williams (Sandia), Susan Caskey (Sandia), Andrew Clark (Sandia), Gregory Wyss (Sandia)
Methodology and Application of Physical Security Effectiveness Based on Dynamic Force-on-Force Modeling
11:10–11:40AM EST
Robby Christian (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Stephen Prescott (INL), Shawn St. Germain (INL)
Integrated Safety and Security Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants Using Dynamic Event Trees
11:40AM–12:10PM EST
Brian Cohn (The Ohio State Univ.), Tunc Aldemir (The Ohio State Univ.), Troy Haskin (Sandia), Todd Noel (Sandia), Jeffrey Cardoni (Sandia), Douglas Osborn (Sandia)
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