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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|Transient Fuel Behavior and Safety Related Issues
Monday, October 10, 2022|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Adagio/Allegro
Session Chair:
Michelle Bales (NEA)
Alternate Chair:
Jinzhao Zhang (Tractabel)
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Development and Validation of Creep Model at High Temperature for Simulation of Ballooning In MARS-KS/FRAPTRAN Coupled Code
1:30–1:55PM EDT
Hyochan Kim (KAERI), Changhwan Shin (KAERI), Sunguk Lee (KAERI), Joosuk Lee (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Taewan Kim (Incheon Nat'l Univ.)
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Coupled Thermal-Hydraulic and Fuel Performance Simulations of the TWIST LOCA Commissioning Test Series in TREAT
1:55–2:20PM EDT
R.J. Armstrong (INL), C.B. Jensen (INL), C.P. Folsom (INL), N.E. Woolstenhulme (INL)
FRAPTRAN-TE-1.5 Simulation of the Halden LOCA Tests IFA-650.9 and 10: Impact of Model Options and Assumptions
2:20–2:45PM EDT
Jinzhao Zhang (Tractebel ENGIE), Thomas Drieu (Tractebel ENGIE)
The CODEX-SBO Experiment
2:45–3:10PM EDT
Róbert Farkas (Centre for Energy Research), Imre Nagy (Centre for Energy Research), Nóra Vér (Centre for Energy Research), Zoltán Hózer (Centre for Energy Research), Péter Szabó (Centre for Energy Research), Márta Horváth (Centre for Energy Research)
