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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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The transformation of the NRC: 50 years of commissioners
The dust is beginning to settle following the whirlwind of changes at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over the past year, and 2025 ultimately may be viewed as a transformative year, as well as the year the NRC celebrated its golden anniversary. The 12 months of that milestone year brought more change to the agency in its composition, its mandate, and its relationship to the executive branch than any comparable period in the preceding four decades.
Now at 51 years and counting, the NRC is working with a full commission and issuing new rulemakings to both regulate and support the next round of nuclear deployments. With the turbulence of 2025 still fresh in our minds, Nuclear News decided it was a good time to revisit the professional backgrounds of all 42 NRC commissioners who have served over the agency’s 50-year history to see how the composition of the commission has evolved over time.
Technical Session|Radiation Protection and Medical Physics
Friday, April 5, 2024|3:15–4:35PM EDT|Engineering Design and Innovation Building Room 326
Session Chair:
Aamer A. Bashir (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Brad Nethercutt (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
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Anomaly Detection in Background Radiation Data Using Machine Learning
3:15–3:35PM EDT
Brison A. Cowan (Oregon State)
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Design Concept of a Modular Radiological Containment (MRC) System
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Eric A. Franklin (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Cameron J. Ashley (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Nicolas Myers (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Quantitative Analysis of Robustness in Standard VMAT and 3D CRT VMAT Hybrid Planning: A Comparative Study
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Daniel G. Dos Santos (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Brett Miller (Univ. Tennessee Medical Center Cancer Institute), Jamie Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Characterization of InGaP and InGaP/InGaAs/Ge Alpha-Voltaic Cells in a Pelletron Accelerator
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Ryan A. Brockington (U.S. Military Academy), Hughes Deschner (U.S. Military Academy), Jonathan Clements (U.S. Military Academy), Kaylee Hahn (U.S. Military Academy), Roger Yerger (U.S. Military Academy)
