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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 THD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair:
Brian G. Woods
Alternate Chair:
Seung Jun Kim
Session Organizer:
Xiaodong Sun
Staff Producer:
Janet Davis (American Nuclear Society)
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An Evaluation of Containment Design for SMART100
Seongho Jee (KEPCO-ENC), Gyucheon Lee (KEPCO-ENC), Minsoo Park (KEPCO-ENC), Seokjeong Park (KEPCO-ENC), Seongsoo Jeon (FNC Technology Co.), Seongwon Lim (KAERI), Hanrim Choi (KEPCO-ENC)
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DASSH software for ducted assembly thermal hydraulics calculations - overview and benchmark
Florent Heidet (Argonne National Laboratory), Micheal A. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), Milos I. Atz (Argonne National Laboratory)
Scaling Analysis of the SFR Cartridge Loop
Mitchell T. Farmer (Argonne National Laboratory), Mamoru Ishii (Purdue University), Seungjin Kim (Purdue University), Guanyi Wang (Purdue University), Zhengting Quan (Purdue University), Ran Kong (Purdue University)
Analyzing APR1400 Under Load Follow Operation Using Multi-Physics Simulation
Aya Diab (KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School (KINGS)), Abd El Rahman M. Abou El Ala (KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School (KINGS))
