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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.
Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021
Technical Session
Friday, December 3, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EST |Georgetown West
Session Chair:
Young Soo Park
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Mitch W. Pryor
Student Assistant:
Youssef Abouhussien
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HADRON: Hazard Aware Digitalization and Robotics in Nuclear and Other Domains
1:05–1:25PM EST
István Szőke (Institute for Energy Technology), Réka Szőke (Institute for Energy Technology), Tom-Robert Bryntesen (Institute for Energy Technology), Lucas Stephane (Institute for Energy Technology)
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ROS Messages for Nuclear Sensing
1:25–1:45PM EST
Andrew West (Univ. of Manchester), Alex Smith (Bristol Robotics Laboratory)
Mixed-Reality Digital Twin Platform for Enhanced Remote Operation Based on Robot Operating System (ROS)
1:45–2:05PM EST
Young Soo Park (ANL), Jonathan Bayert (ANL), Sungmoon Joo (KAERI), JongHwan Lee (KAERI)
Self-Exploration and Mapping for Indoor Robotic Applications
2:05–2:25PM EST
Adrian Abeyta (Univ. of Texas at Austin), Mitch Pryor (Univ. of Texas at Austin), Sheldon Landsberger (Univ. of Texas at Austin)
