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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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ANS Fireside Chat introduces new leaders for ANS, UCOR
On Tuesday, during Mark Peters’s last days as the American Nuclear Society’s vice president/president-elect before assuming the presidency on June 4, he sat down with ANS CEO Craig Piercy for a Fireside Chat at the Annual Conference.
The MITRE CEO weighed in on his career path, what excites and worries him about the resurgence of nuclear energy, and juggling work-life balance with his new duties as ANS’s 72nd president.
“It’s going to be a lot of fun. It’s an important year,” he told Piercy.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by FCWMD
Monday, November 13, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Columbia 11
Session Chair:
David S. Orr
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Benjamin Martin
Representatives of nuclear power plant licensees and the NRC will present recent history of new and spent fuel pool criticality analyses and licensing basis, focusing on recent experiences, challenges, and successes in analyses and licensing actions (i.e. License Amendment Requests) while working with the recently promulgated NRC Regulatory Guide 1.240, Fresh and Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analyses. Reg Guide 1.240 represents the culmination of a concerted industry and NRC effort to address many issues related to SFP criticality analyses and is a great step forward in this area
Hatice Akkurt
EPRI
John Massari
Constellation
Kasey Kennett
Dominion
Kent Wood
NRC
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