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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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NRC proposes security regulation changes
In 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14300, “‘Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,” which directs the NRC to conduct a sweeping, multifaceted overhaul of its structure, culture, and regulations with the aim of facilitating increased deployment of new nuclear technologies and capacity.
2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
As the twelfth director in Oak Ridge Laboratory's history, Stephen Streiffer leads more than 6,500 staff in delivering on critical national missions by leveraging the laboratory’s world-leading facilities, tools, and signature strengths in neutron science, high-performance computing, advanced materials, biology and environmental science, energy technologies, nuclear science and engineering, isotopes, and national security research.He attended Rice University and received his PhD from Stanford University and was awarded the status of Fellow in the American Physical Society in 2007.
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