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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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ANS joins others in seeking to discuss SNF/HLW impasse
The American Nuclear Society joined seven other organizations to send a letter to Energy Secretary Christopher Wright on July 8, asking to meet with him to discuss “the restoration of a highly functioning program to meet DOE’s legal responsibility to manage and dispose of the nation’s commercial and legacy defense spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).”
Educational Session|Panel|Sponsored by Supply Chain Challenges & Opportunities
Tuesday, August 8, 2023|10:30AM–12:00PM EDT|Banyan 3
Track Organizer:
Tim McAlister
Knowledge Manager:
Elizabeth Pawlak
Experienced nuclear resources that are certified is a limited market, and each utility and site competes for similar resources at the same time due to spring and fall outage schedules. Even on the same site, major projects can compete with routine maintenance and RP activities for the same skill set. Combined with often projects choose the best athlete for the different aspects of a project. What are utilities and suppliers doing to collaborate and work together to minimize the cost and risk when competing for the same resources and accomplish the work. Agreements sharing risk? Agreements to move resources to other companies? Agreements with bundling subcontractors under one agreement?
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