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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Education and training to support Canadian nuclear workforce development
Along with several other nations, Canada has committed to net-zero emissions by 2050. Part of this plan is tripling nuclear generating capacity. As of 2025, the country has four operating nuclear generating stations with a total of 17 reactors, 16 of which are in the province of Ontario. The Independent Electricity System Operator has recommended that an additional 17,800 MWe of nuclear power be added to Ontario’s grid.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
Jon Facemire is a Senior Project Manager in the New Nuclear group at NEI where he focuses on risk-informed licensing. Jon leads the New Nuclear Engineering Working Group, the Part 53 Task Force, the Licensing Modernization Project (LMP) Task Force, and the Advanced Reactor PRA Task Force. Prior to joining NEI, Jon was spent 2 years as a licensing manager at X-Energy developing their LMP-based Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) and over a decade at Jensen Hughes supporting risk-informed applications for the operating fleet.
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