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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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The newest era of workforce development at ANS
As most attendees of this year’s ANS Annual Conference left breakfast in the Grand Ballroom of the Chicago Downtown Marriott to sit in on presentations covering everything from career pathways in fusion to recently digitized archival nuclear films, 40 of them made their way to the hotel’s fifth floor to take part in the second offering of Nuclear 101, a newly designed certification course that seeks to give professionals who are in or adjacent to the industry an in-depth understanding of the essentials of nuclear energy and engineering from some of the field’s leading experts.
Educational Session|Panel|Sponsored by Cost Reduction Opportunities
Tuesday, August 6, 2024|10:30AM–12:00PM EDT|Calusa 11/12
Topics:
• NRC Regulatory Update- Safety, Security and Safeguards (SSS) - speaker Skip Young- US NRC Branch Chief ( Ret). This presentation will review current status of NRC rule making and decision trends as related to the area of SSS. The potential impact will be presented , and affect on cost profiles at NPPs moving forward will be addressed.
• New technical tools, techniques and methods in the security & high radiation arenas-; speaker Ryan Reinke & Shawn Brust S&L. This topic will examine current/available and implemented improvements now being deployed at NPPs to optimize cost profile via use of cutting-edge technology/AI, remote devices, streamlined procedures, innovative engineering and other high value planning tools to result in lower cost, dose and risk profiles. Several examples of real time application within NPPs in US Fleets will be examined.
• Application of automated devices in difficult areas- speaker C.R.Byrum Sandia Lab- This presentation will outline actual examples being deployed at various US Govt. agencies with potential benefit for NPPs; to include such specific applications that result in improved cost, reduced personnel and overall improved risk profile. This presentation will also review certification and liaison with other entities such as US DOE, DHS and DOD
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