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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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DOE plans to expand WIPP’s capacity and operational life
In an amendment to a 1998 record of decision, the Department of Energy is expanding the available space at its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant deep geological repository for defense-related radioactive waste, and is also now planning to accept waste at the facility for 50 more years than previously planned. The amended decision, which was signed on August 18 by Tim Walsh, assistant secretary for Environmental Management, commits the DOE to a WIPP operating horizon extending to about 2083.
March 15–19, 2020
ICAPP 2020 has cancelled due to Public Health and Safety Concerns with regards to the Covid-19 outbreak. New information will be posted to the website once confirmed.
Abu Dhabi, UAE
General Chairs:
Mohamed Chookah
Jacopo Buongiorno (Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Philip Beeley (Khalifa University of Science, Technol)
Program Chairs:
Youssef Shatilla (Prof. & Dean of Academic Programs, Masdar Institute of Science & Technology)
Travis Knight (Professor and Director, University of South Carolina)
