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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Senate EPW Committee to hold Nieh nomination hearing
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The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a nomination hearing Wednesday for Ho Nieh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as commission at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Trump nominated Nieh on July 30 to serve as NRC commissioner the remainder of a term that will expire June 30, 2029, as Nuclear NewsWire previously reported.
Nieh has been vice president of regulatory affairs at Southern Nuclear since 2021, though since June 2024 he has been at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations as a loaned executive.
A return to the NRC: If confirmed by the Senate, Nieh would be returning to the NRC after three previous stints totaling nearly 20 years.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Plenary Session|Panel
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|8:00–9:45AM MST|Honeysuckle
Session Organizers:
Emily Stein (Sandia National Laboratories)
Sharlissa Moore (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Moderator
Dr. Kuhika Gupta Univ. of Oklahoma
Sustainable solutions for long-term management and eventual disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste depend on the interplay among the social, political, and technical realms. The goal of this panel is to discover constructive ways in which social scientists and technical staff can work together to advance solutions that address all aspects of the problem in a collaborative manner. The discussion will highlight the history of interactions between social scientists and technical staff in the context of past disposal programs in the US; what roles different engineering, physical science, and social science disciplines have played and can play; and how to address emerging priorities like environmental justice.
PANELISTS
Dr. Sharlissa MoorePacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dr. Hank C. Jenkins-SmithUniv. of Oklahoma
Dr. Evaristo J. “Tito” BonanoNAC International, Inc.
Dr. Monica C RegalbutoIdaho National Laboratory
Dr. Aditi Verma Univ. of Michigan
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