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Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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NRC’s David Wright visits the Hill and more NRC news
Wright
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is in the spotlight today for three very different reasons. First, NRC Chair David Wright was on Capitol Hill yesterday for his renomination hearing in front of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee. Second, the NRC released its updated milestone schedules according to the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) and the executive orders signed by President Trump last month; and third, as reported by Reuters on Tuesday, 28 former NRC officials have condemned the dismissal of Commissioner Hanson earlier this month.
Renomination: EPW Committee chair Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.Va.) opened the hearing with a statement praising Wright’s experience and emphasized the urgency of stable leadership at the NRC.
“China is executing a rapid build-out of its nuclear industry,” Capito said. “The demand for clean, baseload power is skyrocketing as we position America to win the AI race.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|2:35–4:00PM EST |Columbia 9
Session Chair:
Steve LaMont (LANL)
Alternate Chair:
Igor Jovanovic (Univ. of Michigan)
Session Organizer:
Kenan Unlu
Student Assistant:
Caitlin Martin
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Sensitivity of Nuclear Radiogauges in Detecting Water Levels in Ballast Tanks
2:40–3:00PM EST
Walid A. Metwally (Univ. of Sharjah), Jwaher Alnaqbi (Univ. of Sharjah), Eslam Ahmed (Univ. of Sharjah), Priyonta Rahman (Univ. of Sharjah)
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Proton Beam Dosimetry Using Cerenkov Radiation: A Feasibility Study
3:00–3:20PM EST
Steven A. Thompson (Univ. of Florida)
Measurement of Transition Probabilities of Europium Using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
3:20–3:40PM EST
Sawyer Irvine (ORNL), Hunter Andrews (ORNL), Kristian Myhre (ORNL), Kari Lawson (Tenn. Technological Univ.), Jamie Coble (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville)
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