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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.
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Paper
A Comparison of As-Loaded Dose Calculations to Measured Dose Rates
Justin Clarity (PNNL), Steve Maheras (PNNL), Veronica Wilson (PNNL), Kaushik Banerjee (PNNL), Paul Miller (PNNL)
2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
FCWMD|Spent Fuel Transportation Needs and Alternative Fuel Options
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST
Confidence Evaluation for Nuclear Enterprise Arms Control
Jen Huckett (PNNL), Jan Irvahn (PNNL), Robert Brigantic (PNNL), Brenda Forland (PNNL), Julianna Puccio (PNNL)
Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)
NNPD|Nuclear Arms Control Verification Technologies
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EST
Chemometric Analysis for On-Line Monitoring of Complex Molten Salt Chemistry
Shirmir D. Branch (PNNL), Heather M. Felmy (PNNL), Adan S. Medina (PNNL), Samuel A. Bryan (PNNL), Amanda M. Lines (PNNL)
NNPD|Safeguards and Verification Approaches for Molten Salt Reactors: II
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST
Session
Consent-Based Siting of an Interim Storage Facility
Executive Session|Panel
Dr. Kaushik Banerjee (PNNL), Dr. Kimberly Petry (DOE)
Panelists: Natalia Saraeva (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Jessica Lovering (Good Energy Collective), Monica C. Regalbuto (INL), Bruce Montgomery (NEI)
Progress in the Verification and Validation Efforts for START: A Spent Fuel Routing Tool
Harish R. Gadey (PNNL), Kacey D. McGee (PNNL), Patrick D. Royer (PNNL)
FCWMD|Advances in Interim Storage and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel
Zero-Knowledge Protocol Imaging for Future Arms Control Treaties
Andrew J. Gilbert (PNNL), Jade E. Holliman (PNNL), Aliyah St Louis-Alleyne (PNNL), Robert J. Goldston (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Phillip Kerr (LLNL)
Initial Results of an In-Field Validation Exercise in Support of Wide Area Environmental Sampling
Robert Jubin (ORNL), Arden Dougan (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Paula Cable-Dunlap (ORNL), Brian Ticknor (ORNL), Joshua Hewitt (ORNL), Wendy Kuhne (SRNL), Kelly McHugh (PNNL), Sean Stave (PNNL), Nathan Stevens (INL)
NNPD|Safeguards Technology Advancements: I
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EST
Status Report on a Contemporary Assessment of Wide Area Environmental Sampling
Arden Dougan (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Paula Cable-Dunlap (ORNL), Jill Cooley (Y-12), Diane Fischer (ORNL), Robert Jubin (ORNL), Wendy Kuhne (SRNL), Kelly McHugh (PNNL), Sean Stave (PNNL), Nathan Stevens (INL)
Godiva IV Burst Reproducibility and Diagnostic Testing
Joetta M. Goda (LANL), Travis Grove (LANL), Bruce Pierson (PNNL), Danielle Redhouse (Sandia), Robert A. Weldon Jr. (LANL)
NCSD|Recent Nuclear Criticality Safety Program Technical Accomplishments
Zeolite Synthesis Outcomes as Predictors of Nuclear Waste Glass Stability
Adam J. Mallette (Univ. Houston), James Neeway (PNNL), Jeffrey D. Rimer (Univ. Houston)
ETWDD|Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST
Z1: Unveiling a Novel Lightweight Strontium-90 Radioisotope Heat Source with Innovative Fuel and Shielding Design
J.R. Matthews (Zeno Power Systems), T.R. Riley (Zeno Power Systems), O. Zivkovic (Zeno Power Systems), C.E. Whiting (Univ. Dayton), J.A. Katalenich (PNNL)
ANSTD|Aerospace Nuclear Science and Technology
Monday, November 13, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST
Athena: Stewarding Capabilities for Nonproliferation in Irradiated Fuel Processing
Brienne Seiner (PNNL)
NNPD|Nonproliferation Stewardship Program
Passive Signatures in Arms Control Confirmation Technologies
Sean Stave (PNNL), Phil Kerr (LLNL), Kyle Polack (Sandia)
Organization Participant
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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