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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Take steps on SNF and HLW disposal
Matt Bowen
With a new administration and Congress, it is time once again to ponder what will happen—if anything—on U.S. spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste management policy over the next few years. One element of the forthcoming discussion seems clear: The executive and legislative branches are eager to talk about recycling commercial SNF. Whatever the merits of doing so, it does not obviate the need for one or more facilities for disposal of remaining long-lived radionuclides. For that reason, making progress on U.S. disposal capabilities remains urgent, lest the associated radionuclide inventories simply be left for future generations to deal with.
In March, Rick Perry, who was secretary of energy during President Trump’s first administration, observed that during his tenure at the Department of Energy it became clear to him that any plan to move SNF “required some practical consent of the receiving state and local community.”1
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10:15–11:55AM EDT
Salon A/B|Advances in Designs, Materials, and Manufacturing
Session Chair: Paul E. Cantonwine|Alternate Chair: Joshua T. White
Branle|Operation and Experience
Session Chair: Aylin Kucuk|Alternate Chair: Randy Dunavant
Adagio/Allegro|Transient Fuel Behavior and Safety Related Issues
Session Chair: Jinzhao Zhang|Alternate Chair: Michelle Bales
1:30–3:10PM EDT
Salon A/B|Evolutionary and Innovative Advanced Technology Fuels (ATF)
Session Chair: Hyun-Gil Kim|Alternate Chair: Zeses E. Karoutas
Session Chair: David Schrire|Alternate Chair: Dan Lutz
Session Chair: Michelle Bales|Alternate Chair: Jinzhao Zhang
3:30–5:10PM EDT
Session Chair: Luke Olson|Alternate Chair: Kan Sakamoto
Session Chair: Olivier Marchand|Alternate Chair: Michelle Bales
Branle|Used Fuel Storage, Transportation, and Re-Use
Session Chair: Ricardo Torres|Alternate Chair: Amparo Gonzalez Espartero
8:20–10:00AM EDT
Adagio/Allegro|Advances in Designs, Materials, and Manufacturing
Session Chair: Cristina Munoz-Reja Ruiz|Alternate Chair: Joshua T. White
Branle|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods
Session Chair: Chao Wang|Alternate Chair: Ian Porter
Session Chair: Joshua T. White|Alternate Chair: Paul E. Cantonwine
Session Chair: Zeses E. Karoutas|Alternate Chair: Kazuo Kakiuchi
Session Chair: Ian Porter|Alternate Chair: Chao Wang
Session Chair: Jonathan Wright|Alternate Chair: Jae Ho Yang
Session Chair: Ian Porter|Alternate Chair: Emmanuel Rouge
Session Chair: Martin Steinbrück|Alternate Chair: Luke Olson
Adagio/Allegro|Used Fuel Storage, Transportation, and Re-Use
Session Chair: Brady Hanson|Alternate Chair: Anzhelika Khaperskaia
Session Chair: David Kamerman|Alternate Chair: Jae Ho Yang
Session Chair: Charlie Folsom|Alternate Chair: Ian Porter
Session Chair: Rose Montgomery|Alternate Chair: Rick Shimskey
Session Chair: Ian Porter|Alternate Chair: Olivier Marchand
Salon A/B|Operation and Experience
Session Chair: Britta Helmersson|Alternate Chair: Nadine Hollasky
Session Chair: Hyochan Kim|Alternate Chair: Jae Ho Yang
Session Chair: Chao Wang|Alternate Chair: Peter Diller
Session Chair: Jinzhao Zhang|Alternate Chair: Olivier Marchand
Session Chair: Jack Galloway|Alternate Chair: Charles Folsom
Session Chair: Michelle Bales|Alternate Chair: Emmanuel Rouge
