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ETEC News & Notes                         7/23/2025

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Friday Meeting Details

 

ETEC will not meet on

Friday, July 25

We've been UNLEASHING nuclear at the NOW Conference!

 

Join us on Friday, August 1 to hear from U.S. Congressman Chuck Fleischmann

 

Future Programs:

August 8 - Marianne Wanamaker, Professor of Economics and Dean of the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs

August 15 - Mary Helen Hitson, Manager of the Y-12 Field Office, NNSA,
Rich Tighe, President & CEO of Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS), & Mike Pearson, Director, NNSA/Y-12 Project Management Office & UPF Federal Project Director.

 

Meeting Sponsor

Thank you to Navarro for sponsoring the Friday morning meetings in July.

 

 

NOW News

 

The NOW Conference has been exceptional! We had 1,000 attendees from 34 states including 70 exhibitors, 80 speakers, and nearly 200 students.

 

Thanks to all of our supporters, speakers, attendees, and volunteers!

 

Watch for a full recap coming soon. The regional news section will return next week.

Announcements Made at the NOW Conference:

 

ETEC's Nuclear Working Group - Was designated by the State of Tennessee as the Tennessee Nuclear Network (TN2). More details coming soon. For now, check out the website.

 

ORNL and Atomic Canyon - Signed an MOU to streamline the licensing process for nuclear power plants with artificial intelligence for license application reviews. Read more here.

ORNL & Kairos Power - Demonstrated a large-scale, 3D-printed polymer composite form used to cast complex, high-precision concrete structures that would be nearly impossible to produce using conventional methods. Read more here.

 
 

Weekly Wisdom

“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.”

 

– Frank Lloyd Wright

 

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