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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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UW-Madison: A Midwestern nucleus of fission and fusion
With more than six decades as a top-ranked program in its rearview, the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics (NEEP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is hardly slowing down. In fact, NEEP is continuing to grow and develop its faculty, curriculum, and research.
International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)
Technical Session|Panel
Wednesday, November 12, 2025|1:00–2:45PM EST|Monroe
Session Chair:
Erika Holt
Alternate Chair:
Sven O. Bader
Session Organizer:
Erika Holt (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
A friendly debate to uncover the pros, cons, challenges, and benefits of multinational versus national repositories. The panelists have been divided up into two teams to debate each type of repository and to allow the audience to direct questions to either team for a response or to both teams to debate.
David Hess
DeepGeo
David Oxberry
Studsvik
Rob McCullum
NEI
Rebecca Tadesse
Nuclear Energy Agency