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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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EnCore receives BLM authorization for dormant uranium project
EnCore Energy announced on June 18 that the Bureau of Land Management issued a final decision and approved the Dewey Burdock uranium project, authorizing the company to begin construction for the uranium in situ recovery project in southwestern South Dakota.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Monday, November 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Noble
Session Chair:
Ennea Fairchild (PNNL)
Alternate Chair:
Rebecca Kreuzer (PNNL)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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Public Discussions of Nuclear Waste Management on Social Media
1:00–1:20PM MST
Andrew Fox (Univ. Oklahoma), Kuhika Gupta (Univ. Oklahoma), Will Livingston (Univ. Oklahoma), Ross Buchanan (Univ. Oklahoma), Hank Jenkins-Smith (Univ. Oklahoma)
Paper
The German Site Selection Process -- Current Geoscientific Work to Identify Possible Site Regions
1:20–1:40PM MST
Matthias E. Bauer (Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung), Sarah B. Cichy (Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung), Christian Derer (Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung), Sönke Reiche (Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung)
A Natural Language Processing Tool to Support Stakeholder Engagements During a Consent-Based Siting Process
1:40–2:00PM MST
Thushara Gunda (Sandia), Matthew D. Sweitzer (Sandia)
Tag It: A Natural Language Processing Approach to Enhancing Delineation of Public Comments Regarding the Consent-Based Siting Process
2:00–2:20PM MST
Danielle N. Sanchez (Sandia), Kamille Hackett (Sandia), Matthew D. Sweitzer (Sandia), Thushara Gunda (Sandia)
Development of a Spent Nuclear Fuel Management and Disposal Onboarding Primer
2:20–2:40PM MST
Antonio Rigato (PNNL), Steven Maheras (PNNL), Janette Meacham (Sandia)