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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|Sponsored by ETWDD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Canaveral 1
Session Chair:
Ishita Trivedi (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Justin K. Watson
Session Organizer:
Kyle C. Hartig
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Design of a Technology Inclusive Rapid Dose Assessment Tool
3:15–3:35PM EST
Evan Frishholz (Purdue Univ.), Jonah Lau (Purdue Univ.), Andrew Romes (Purdue Univ.), Joseph Powell (Purdue Univ.)
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Workforce Development Evaluation at a TSO in a Changing Environment
3:35–3:55PM EST
Wadim Jaeger (TUV SUD Energietechnik)
Development of an Interactive, Game-Based Nuclear Science Museum Exhibit on Probabilistic Risk Assessment
3:55–4:15PM EST
Camille S. Levine (Univ. Maryland), Samantha E. Wismer (Univ. Maryland), Ryan Painter (Nat'l Museum of Nuclear Science & History), Katrina M. Groth (Univ. Maryland)
Activities at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to Advance Nuclear Radiation Science Among Underrepresented STEM Students
4:15–4:35PM EST
Manish Sharma (PNNL), Sagar Sharma (PNNL), Cheslan Simpson (PNNL), Kevin Bertschinger (PNNL), Adrian Garza (PNNL), Thomas Gray (PNNL), Jessica Snider (PNNL), Isabel Bahena (PNNL)
MSR Necromancer: Using Large Language Models to Access Old Wisdom
4:35–4:55PM EST
Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Angel Luis Diaz Abreu (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Edan Estes-Lumpkin (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), William Ashford Tobias (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Zeke Flores (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Anneli Brackbill (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Vlad Sobes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
