NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko will Keynote Fuel Cycle Information Exchange June 29 – July 1 In Bethesda, Md.
– Source NRC –
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko will deliver the keynote address at the agency’s annual Fuel Cycle Information Exchange (FCIX), to be held June 29 through July 1 in Bethesda, Md.
Jaczko’s speech, “The Fuel Cycle: Current and Future Challenges,” will lead off the FCIX on the morning of June 29. Commissioner William Ostendorff will address the conference on July 1.
The conference, sponsored by the NRC’s Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, brings together NRC staff, industry representatives, licensees, certificate holders and other stakeholders to openly discuss regulatory issues of mutual interest as they relate to nuclear fuel cycle matters, including: licensing, certification and inspection of nuclear fuel facilities for uranium conversion and enrichment; nuclear fuel fabrication and reprocessing, extended spent fuel storage and disposition, and advanced fuel cycles.
Online registration and a complete program are available at this Web address: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/conference-symposia/fcix.html.
This year’s conference will be held at the Doubletree Bethesda Hotel and Executive Meeting Center, 8120 Wisconsin Ave., in Bethesda. Sessions will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, and from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Thursday.
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