Meetings


IAEA meeting focuses on nuclear science and food safety

August 26, 2025, 9:30AMNuclear News
IAEA deputy director general Najat Mokhtar (second from right) delivers welcoming remarks at the joint IAEA/WHO/FAO food safety meeting. (Photo: S. Ramirez/IAEA)

A recent three-day meeting organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency drew representatives from 14 countries to discuss links between foodborne contaminants like mycotoxins, heavy metals, pesticide residues, and microplastics, as well as such health issues as impaired growth, gut health, hormone regulation, nutrient absorption, chronic diseases, and malnutrition.

NRC, DOE to hold webinar on HALEU fuel cycle

August 22, 2025, 7:01AMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy will hold a webinar on August 27 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EDT) to discuss commercial-scale facility and transportation criticality analyses for the high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel cycle.

Those interested in attending the workshop can register using this link.

Join ANS and NEI at NECX 2025 in Atlanta

July 23, 2025, 12:00PMANS News

The Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX) is a new joint conference hosted by the American Nuclear Society and the Nuclear Energy Institute. The inaugural offering of the conference, NECX 2025, will be held September 8–11 in Atlanta, Ga.

To register for the event and reserve your room at the host hotel, the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, click here.

House Oversight Committee schedules hearing on nuclear energy

July 21, 2025, 9:30AMNuclear News

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Rep. Eric Burlison (R., Mo.), the chairman of the U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs, has announced a hearing on “The New Atomic Age: Advancing America’s Energy Future.”

The hearing will take place on Tuesday, July 22, at 1:00 pm (ET). Witnesses include Alex Epstein, president and founder of the Center for Industrial Progress, and Joshua Smith, energy policy lead at the Abundance Institute.

Details: According to the chairman’s office, the hearing will explore recent developments in nuclear energy technology, the commercial viability of advanced reactors, supply chain challenges, and policy pathways for Congress to strengthen nuclear power in the United States.

ANS 2025 Annual Conference details

April 9, 2025, 7:00AMANS News

The American Nuclear Society’s 2025 Annual Conference will take place June 15–18 this year in Chicago at the Downtown Marriott. The conference is an opportunity to take part in one of the largest gatherings of nuclear professionals in the country and engage with leaders from across the nuclear science and technology landscape. In addition to an impressive list of government and industry leaders, ANS is also planning several outstanding hot-topic technical sessions and popular plenary speakers.

Waste Management 2025: Building a new era of nuclear

April 8, 2025, 3:00PMRadwaste Solutions

While attendance at the 2025 Waste Management Conference was noticeably down this year due to the ongoing federal retrenchment, the conference, held March 9-13 in Phoenix, Ariz., still drew a healthy and diverse crowd of people working on the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle, both domestically and internationally.

Nuclear's future discussed at MURR expansion

April 7, 2025, 3:05PMANS News
Craig Piercy delivers remarks at the Monsanto Auditorium at the University of Missouri. (Source: Abbie Nell Lankitus/University of Missouri)

ANS Executive Director/CEO Craig Piercy recently spoke on nuclear power’s potential for answering today’s energy demands as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Missouri. He also took part in the ribbon cutting for a large addition to the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR).

MSRR presentation held at ANS HQ

April 7, 2025, 9:30AMANS News

The Chicago–Great Lakes Local Section of the American Nuclear Society hosted a presentation at the Society’s headquarters in Westmont, Ill., on developments at the molten salt research reactor at Abilene Christian University’s Nuclear Energy Experimental Testing (NEXT) Lab.

A recording of the full presentation is available on the ANS website at ans.org/webinars.

Portsmouth, Paducah sites offer future opportunities, manager says

March 7, 2025, 7:01AMRadwaste Solutions
The DOE’s Joel Bradburne speaks to attendees of the Energy, Technology & Environmental Business Association’s Business Opportunities Exchange. (Photo: DOE)

Cleanup progress at the former Portsmouth and Paducah uranium enrichment plants is helping enable new opportunities for local communities to continue advancing U.S. energy and U.S. security goals, according to Joel Bradburne, manager of the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Paducah Project Office (PPPO).

Molten salt research is focus of ANS local section presentation

March 5, 2025, 12:02PMANS News
Research engineers take a sample of molten salt for the NEXT Lab. (Photo: Jeremy Enlow/Steelshutter)

The American Nuclear Society’s Chicago–Great Lakes Local Section hosted a presentation on February 27 on developments at the molten salt research reactor at Abilene Christian University’s Nuclear Energy Experimental Testing (NEXT) Lab.

A recording of the presentation is available on the ANS website.

NEA panel on AI hosted at World Governments Summit

March 4, 2025, 7:01AMNuclear News
Participants of the roundtable on the potential of artificial intelligence to accelerate SMRs, organized during the World Governments Summit in collaboration with the OECD NEA. (Photo: OECD NEA)

A panel on the potential of artificial intelligence to accelerate small modular reactors was held at the World Governments Summit (WGS) in February in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency cohosted the event, which attracted leaders from developers, IT companies, regulators, and other experts.