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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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ANS Fireside Chat introduces new leaders for ANS, UCOR
On Tuesday, during Mark Peters’s last days as the American Nuclear Society’s vice president/president-elect before assuming the presidency on June 4, he sat down with ANS CEO Craig Piercy for a Fireside Chat at the Annual Conference.
The MITRE CEO weighed in on his career path, what excites and worries him about the resurgence of nuclear energy, and juggling work-life balance with his new duties as ANS’s 72nd president.
“It’s going to be a lot of fun. It’s an important year,” he told Piercy.
Technical Session|Panel|Panels
Friday, April 5, 2024|3:15–4:35PM EDT|Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub Room 603
Session Chair:
Aaron P. Fjeldsted
Alternate Chair:
Matthew Zerphy
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog
While nuclear security and nonproliferation efforts have been important to the stability and the peaceful use of nuclear energy around the world, the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine may be an inflection point in these efforts. From the occupation and ongoing operating conditions at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to recent comments by several world leaders regarding the acquisition nuclear weapons, the existing nuclear security and nonproliferation order appears to be at a crossroad. Join our panelists for a discussion on the current state of nuclear security and nonproliferation and where they could go in the future!
Valeriia Hesse
Odesa Center for Nonproliferation
Penn State College of Engineering
Rosanne McManus
Penn State University - College of Liberal Arts
Mark Schanfein
INL
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Attachment — Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Bios