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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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ANS Winter Conference: DOE, NRC leaders stress need for speedier nuclear approval
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Chris Wright
During speeches at the American Nuclear Society’s Winter Conference & Expo, happening this week in Washington, D.C., Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair David Wright both promised that the Trump administration will speed up nuclear reviews so the U.S. can maintain leadership in nuclear energy.
The DOE’s Wright took a stab at the NRC’s traditionally slow bureaucratic processes in approving primarily large light water reactors in the past, saying that the agency needs to speed up to meet the greater demand for new small modular reactors.
August 14, 2025|12:00–1:00PM (1:00–2:00PM EDT)
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Hear about the 2025-2035 ANS Strategic Plan in this special event with ANS CEO/Executive Director Craig Piercy and several members of the Board of Directors. This is your opportunity to learn about how the Society is evolving to meet the current and future needs of the nuclear field. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback on the new strategic plan.
Craig Piercy
Executive Director/CEO, American Nuclear Society
Bradley Adams
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
Gale Hauck
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dan Stout
Advanced Nuclear Advisors
Matt Wargon
TerraPower, LLC
