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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.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
Paul is a nuclear engineering graduate from the Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute with over 45 years of experience in the nuclear industry, leading his first NPP PRA in 1977-1978. He specializes in consulting services for the application of risk-informed, performance-based concepts to optimize nuclear energy production, and covers safety, production, operations and design of nuclear facilities. He has participated in projects in over two dozen countries, supporting utilities, regulators, off-takers, and governments with technical services and training and has experience in many LWR and NLWR NPP technologies. He is a regular contributor to projects for the IAEA, the US State Department, EPRI and NEI, and participates in development of codes and standards for the ANS and ASME.
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