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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
Monday, November 8, 2021|12:40–2:40PM EST
Session Chair:
George Apostolakis (Nuc Risk Res Center (Tokyo))
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Fernando Ferrante (EPRI)
Session Producer:
Chase Blaeser
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Risk-Informed Process for Evaluations
12:40–1:10PM EST
Antonios M. Zoulis (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Paper
Lessons Learned From Surveillance Test Interval Extension of Integrated Safeguards Actuation Test (ISAT) at Sizewell B
1:10–1:40PM EST
Ray Schneider (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Gary Douglas (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kyle Hope (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ashlyn Fornear (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Marinos Panayiotou (Corporate Risk Associates), Christopher Sharrock (EDF Energy)
Research Activities Associated With the Treatment of Potential Common-Cause Failures in Event and Condition Assessment
1:40–2:10PM EST
Christopher Hunter (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Ching Ng (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Mehdi Reisi Fard (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Zhegang Ma (INL), Sai Zhang (INL)
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Working Group WGRISK Current Activities -- An Overview
2:10–2:40PM EST
Marina Roewekamp (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit), Attila Bareith (NUBIKI Nuclear Safety Research Institute), Michelle Gonzalez (U. S. Regulatory Commission Office for Research), Jörg Peschke (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit)
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