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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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ANS joins others in seeking to discuss SNF/HLW impasse
The American Nuclear Society joined seven other organizations to send a letter to Energy Secretary Christopher Wright on July 8, asking to meet with him to discuss “the restoration of a highly functioning program to meet DOE’s legal responsibility to manage and dispose of the nation’s commercial and legacy defense spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).”
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by DESD
Monday, November 14, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Desert Willow
Session Chair:
Leah Parks
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Mark S. Campagna
Climate change is already impacting nuclear facilities and operations. Sea level rise, storm surge, and intense hurricanes are putting sites along the coast at risk. Wildfires have caused millions in damages at Los Alamos and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Extreme cold has damaged critical facilities at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Pantex plant in Texas. Unprecedented high temperatures and prolonged drought are impacting electricity generation in the western United States. Speakers from government laboratories, industry, and federal government will discuss strategies to manage the short- and long-term effects of climate change and how they are assessing climate resilience at nuclear sites.
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