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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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ANS Winter Conference: DOE, NRC leaders stress need for speedier nuclear approval
David Wright
Chris Wright
During speeches at the American Nuclear Society’s Winter Conference & Expo, happening this week in Washington, D.C., Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair David Wright both promised that the Trump administration will speed up nuclear reviews so the U.S. can maintain leadership in nuclear energy.
The DOE’s Wright took a stab at the NRC’s traditionally slow bureaucratic processes in approving primarily large light water reactors in the past, saying that the agency needs to speed up to meet the greater demand for new small modular reactors.
Decommissioning Environmental Sciences and Remote Technology 2024
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by RRSD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Merritt 2
Session Chair:
Anamary Daniel (Inspection Experts)
Alternate Chair:
Wendell Chun (IEI)
Session Organizer:
Adam J. Carroll
This panel will explore how effective collaborations among government agencies, national labs, universities, industry, and stakeholders are essential to advancing nuclear waste management. We’ll present examples of how these partnerships contribute to deploying innovative technologies and methodologies, including in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Management (USDOE EM) efforts to address Cold War and Manhattan Project nuclear legacy waste. The discussion will focus on how these collaborations enhance safety, reduce costs, ensure reliable remediation, benefit the environment, develop sustainable infrastructure, and assist in deploying technologies beyond nuclear waste management. The panel will also address the gaps that still need to be overcome.
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