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Below is the current preliminary schedule. Please note this schedule is subject to change. Check back often!

All times list are in U.S. Central Standard Time

Full Schedule

  • Sunday, July 27, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM CST
    Exhibitor Load-in
  • 12:00 PM - 5:30 PM CST
    Registration Open
  • 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM CST
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Grand Opening Reception
  • Monday, July 28, 2025
  • 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM CST
    Registration Open
  • 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM CST
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CST
    Speakers' Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Companions' Program Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Welcome Remarks
  • 9:30 AM - 9:55 AM CST
    Keynote Session: Continuing Growth Towards Future Transport
  • 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM CST
    Plenary Session: Looking Forward: Accelerating Modernization at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM CST
    Refreshment Break
  • 10:40 AM - 11:05 AM CST
    Plenary Session
  • 10:40 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Plenary Session: Package Safety Evaluation in a Rapidly Changing World
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Plenary Session: Fast, Flexible, Cost-Effective: Using AI to Grow and Improve the Nuclear Materials Management Industry
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Lunch on Own
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Thermal Analysis
    Chair: Hector Mendoza, PhD – Sandia National Labs
    Co-Chair: Tobias Gleim, Dr. – Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – EDU: Moving the Knowledge Base Forward
    Chair: Nicholas Klymyshyn – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Co-Chair: Tracey Inwood, BEng (Hons) – Nuclear Restoration Services Ltd
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Recent Experiences in Transport Operations
    Chair: Fletcher Davis – Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC
    Co-Chair: Elisa Penda – WNTI
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Innovations in Technologies and Methodologies
    Chair: Michael Shannon – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Chair: James Smith – NAC International
  • 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: UF6
    Chair: Frank Jüttemann – GNS
    Co-Chair: Steve Hansen – TAM International
  • 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM CST
    Refreshment Break
  • 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Floating on the Edge-FNPPs
    Chair: Steve Maheras – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Co-Chair: Sylvia J. Saltzstein, MPH – Sandia National Laboratories
  • 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Waste Other Than HLW
    Chair: Elisa Penda – WNTI
    Co-Chair: Robert A. Joseph, III, Ph.D. – Idaho National Laboratory
  • 3:40 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Transport of Type-C and Large Quantities of Radioactive Materials
    Chair: Christopher Cable – U.S. Department of Energy
    Co-Chair: Stephanie Jacobs – Savannah River National Laboratory
  • 3:40 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: HALEU
    Chair: Daniel FISHER – NUVIA UK
    Co-Chair: Richard Nemec – Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC
  • 3:40 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Supply Chain/Regime Resilience
    Chair: Bradley Loftin – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Chair: Marc-Andre Charette – Cameco Corporation
  • Tuesday, July 29, 2025
  • 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM CST
    Registration Open
  • 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM CST
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CST
    Speakers' Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 8:25 AM CST
    Plenary Session: A Decade of Rigor: MxV Rail’s Role in Advancing the Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel
  • 8:25 AM - 8:50 AM CST
    Plenary Session: International Collaboration: European Association of Competent Authorities (EACA)
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Companions' Program Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Benefits of International Collaboration
    Chair: Akiko KONNAI – National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology
    Co-Chair: Chanel Chauvet-Maldonado, Esq. – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Panel Session – A Candid Conversation on FNPPs and Regulatory Perspectives
  • 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Panel Session – Insurance Issues for RAM Transport
  • 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Content Specific Challenges
    Chair: Samuel Abraham – Sellafield Ltd
    Co-Chair: William M. Housley, n/a – Savannah River National Laboratory
  • 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Dose Assessment for Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation
    Chair: Peter Bryant – WNTI
    Co-Chair: Myriam Theinert – URENCO Limited
  • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM CST
    Refreshment Break
  • 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: New Trends in Structural Analysis
    Chair: Gregg J. Flores – Sandia National Laboratories
    Co-Chair: Steffen Michael Komann – BAM
  • 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Spent Fuel
    Chair: André Indenhuck – WTI Wissenschaftlich-Technische Ingenieurberatung GmbH
    Co-Chair: Erica Bickford – US Department of Energy
  • 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Transportation Outreach and Engagement Success Strategies
    Chair: Miriam Juckett – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Co-Chair: Kurtis Hinz – TAM International
  • 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Application of Artificial Intelligence
    Chair: Jason Karcz – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Chair: Carmen Good – IAEA
  • 10:40 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: AMR/SMR - Transportation Challenges
    Chair: Scott Sanborn – Sandia National Laboratories
    Co-Chair: Rajesh Garg – Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
  • 11:15 AM - 3:30 PM CST
    Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Tour
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Lunch on Own
  • 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Improving the Regulatory Basis in the US
    Chair: Eric Letang – ASNR
    Co-Chair: Eileen Supko – WNTI
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Computational Testing and Validation
    Chair: John Bignell – Sandia National Laboratories
    Co-Chair: Michael Uhl – UNNPP
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Preparation for Long Term Storage
    Chair: Sara Hogan – US Department of Energy
    Co-Chair: Samuel Abraham – Sellafield Ltd
  • 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM CST
    [CANCELLED] Concurrent Panel Session – TRU/WIPP
  • 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Aging Management
    Chair: Ludger Hoff – Framatome
    Co-Chair: Frederic Ledroit – ASNR
  • 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM CST
    Refreshment Break
  • 3:40 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Structural Analysis of Specific Components
    Chair: Nicolas Denert – CEA
    Co-Chair: Peter J. Sakalaukus, Jr. – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • 3:40 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: ANSI N14.5
    Chair: Matt Feldman – Sandia National Laboratories
    Co-Chair: Annette Rolle – BAM
  • 3:40 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: SSR-6 - Improving the Process
    Chair: David Pstrak – US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    Co-Chair: Franz Peter Kattner – GNS mbH
  • 3:40 PM - 5:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Dry Storage
    Chair: Martin Neumann – Martin Neumann
    Co-Chair: Edward T. Ketusky, n/a – Savannah River National Laboratory (Contractor)
  • 3:40 PM - 5:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Regulatory Implementation and Program Development
    Chair: Carolynn P. Scherer, Master's Degree in Ceramic Science – IAEA
    Co-Chair: Stephanie Jacobs – Savannah River National Laboratory
  • Wednesday, July 30, 2025
  • 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM CST
    Registration Open
  • 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM CST
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CST
    Speakers' Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 8:40 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Source Removal + Recovery I
    Chair: William Stewart – Los Alamos National Laboratory
    Co-Chair: David Oliver – NAC International Inc.
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Techniques for Mitigating Security - Related Events
    Chair: Sylvia J. Saltzstein, MPH – Sandia National Laboratories
    Co-Chair: Mike Valenzano – NAC International Inc
  • 8:00 AM - 9:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Design Strategies for Transportation Packaging
    Chair: Jens Henschke – Urenco Limited
    Co-Chair: Slade Klein – ORANO
  • 8:00 AM - 9:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Regulations - What's New on the Horizon?
    Chair: Frank Koch – Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate ENSI
    Co-Chair: Rick Boyle – U.S. Department of Transportion
  • 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – EDU: Nuclear Packaging Education Opportunities
    Chair: Thomas Bande – Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC)
    Co-Chair: Jim Shuler – Consultant
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Companions' Program Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM CST
    A Special Joint Presentation by the World Nuclear Association and World Nuclear Transport Institute: Decarbonising the Shipping Industry with Reactors for Propulsion
  • 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM CST
    Poster Session
  • 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM CST
    Lunch on Own
  • 1:20 PM - 2:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Denials of Shipments
    Chair: Anne Presta – ORANO
    Co-Chair: Kurtis Hinz – TAM International
  • 1:20 PM - 2:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Domestic implementation of International Regulations
    Chair: Jennifer Burch – Lawerence Livermore National Lab
    Co-Chair: Thierry Chrupek – ASNR (French competent authority for Transport)
  • 1:20 PM - 2:40 PM CST
    Concurrent Panel Session – ANSI N14.1/ISO 7195/ASTM Specifications
  • 1:20 PM - 2:40 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: New & Modified Packaging Design I
    Chair: Douglas Ammerman – Sandia National Laboratories
    Co-Chair: Juan Licea-Yanez – Savannah River National Laboratory
  • 1:20 PM - 2:40 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Shielding Specific Challenges in Packaging I
    Chair: Peter Vescovi – Orano TN -Americaa
    Co-Chair: Michael Cutajar, PhD CPhys – Nuvia UK
  • 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Refreshment Break
  • 3:00 PM - 3:40 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Shielding Materials and Monitoring of Radioactive Packaging
    Chair: Philip Sewell – Orano TN
    Co-Chair: Baptiste LOUIS – Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire et de Radioprotection (ASNR)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Automation + AI
    Chair: Annette Rolle – BAM
    Co-Chair: Shazia Fayyaz, Masters in Physics – IAEA
  • 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: New & Modified Packaging Design II
    Chair: Alejandro Palacio – ENSA
    Co-Chair: Andrew Escobar – SRS
  • 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Addressing Emerging Challenges
    Chair: Frederic Ledroit – ASNR
    Co-Chair: Chris S. Bajwa – US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • 4:30 PM - 5:20 PM CST
    Plenary Session: From Renaissance to Reality: Infrastructure for a Global Nuclear Expansion
  • Thursday, July 31, 2025
  • 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM CST
    Registration Open
  • 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM CST
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CST
    Speakers' Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 8:25 AM CST
    Plenary Session: Together, We’re Carrying Everyone’s Future
  • 8:25 AM - 8:50 AM CST
    Plenary Session: Transforming the Back End of the U.S. Nuclear Fuel Cycle
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Companions' Program Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Leveling Up: Engaging Technologies to Enhance Training
    Chair: Brendan L. Nation – Sandia National Labs
    Co-Chair: Tony Brown – AWE
  • 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Panel Session – Transportation Security & Insider Threat Mitigation

    Chair: Matthew Klatt, N/A – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Panelist: Justin R. Kinney – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Panelist: Mark David Wald-Hopkins – Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Panelist: Ben Whittard – Nuclear Transport Solutions

    Panelist: Athula Daulagala

  • 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: New & Modified Packaging Design III
    Chair: Joel Kruehler – Urenco
    Co-Chair: Makoto Hirose – National Maritime Research Institute
  • 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Shielding and Dose Calculations in Transport Packages
    Chair: Hiroaki Taniuchi – Transnuclear Ltd.
    Co-Chair: Mustafa Hadj-Nacer, Ph.D. – University of Nevada Reno
  • 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Transport Topics: Onsite and Liability
    Chair: Ximena Vasquez-Maignan – White & Case
    Co-Chair: Douglas Thacker, Professional Engineer – Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM CST
    Refreshment Break
  • 10:40 AM - 11:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: International Perspectives – Contents Specific
    Chair: Rajesh Garg – Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
    Co-Chair: Kuniharu Kinoshita – WNTI
  • 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Computational Modeling for Certification
    Chair: Michael Starr – Sandia National Laboratories
    Co-Chair: Hirotaka Nojima – Nuclear Fuel Transport Co., Ltd.
  • 10:40 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Containment & Leak Testing
    Chair: Steven E. Sisley – NAC International
    Co-Chair: Aurélie Merle-Szeremeta – ASNR
  • 10:40 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Maintenance
    Chair: Peter Vescovi – Orano TN -Americaa
    Co-Chair: Paul S. Blanton, BSME – Paragon D&E
  • 10:40 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Advances for Transport of ATF and HALEU
    Chair: Cecil Parks – Boston Government Services
    Co-Chair: Eric Letang – ASNR
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Lunch on Own
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Containment Design & Sensing in RAM Packaging
    Chair: Adam McConaghy – Croft Associates
    Co-Chair: Aleksandr Gelfond – EnergySolutions LLC
  • 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Panel Session – Design: ASME Guidance Document for Explicit Dynamics
  • 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Large Objects-Maritime
    Chair: Daiichiro Ito – NFT
    Co-Chair: Elisa Penda – WNTI
  • 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: On the Road Again: Land-based Microreactor Transport
    Chair: Marc Fialkoff – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Chair: Scott Edwards – Core Power
  • 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Workforces and Regime Development
    Chair: Kimberly Anderson – CNS Y12 NSC
    Co-Chair: Jim Shuler – Consultant
  • 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM CST
    Refreshment Break
  • 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Microreactors and Space Powers
    Chair: David Pstrak – US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    Co-Chair: Steve Maheras – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • 3:40 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Panel Session – RAM Packaging on the World Stage
  • 3:40 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Computational Modeling for Drop Test Characterization
    Chair: ANDREW LANGSTON – Westinghouse Electric Company
    Co-Chair: Tobias Gleim, Dr. – Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
  • 3:40 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Containment & Leak Testing of Packages
    Chair: Emmanuel Rigaut – ASND
    Co-Chair: Paul "Brad" B. Shaw, ASNT NDT Level III – Leak Testing Specialists, Inc.
  • 3:40 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Transport of RAM by Sea
    Chair: Hirotaka Nojima – Nuclear Fuel Transport Co., Ltd.
    Co-Chair: Benjamin Ruprecht – Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE)
  • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM CST
    PATRAM 2025 Gala
  • Friday, August 1, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM CST
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Registration Open
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CST
    Speakers' Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Companions' Program Breakfast
  • 8:40 AM - 9:40 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Emergency Planning
    Chair: Stephanie Jacobs – Savannah River National Laboratory
    Co-Chair: Takuji FUKUDA, Dr. – Division of Research for Reactor System Safety Regulatory Standard and Rsearch Department Secretariat of Nuclear Regulation Authority
  • 8:40 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Cladding for Spent Nuclear Fuel
    Chair: Hatice Akkurt, PhD – EPRI
    Co-Chair: Nicholas Klymyshyn – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • 8:40 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Radioactive Packaging Families
    Chair: Robert Baca – SRNL/BSRA
    Co-Chair: Deepak Siromani – EnergySolutions Cask Engineering & Licensing
  • 8:40 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Dose Assessment for Radioactive Materials Transportation
    Chair: Peter Bryant – WNTI
    Co-Chair: Andrew Escobar – SRS
  • 8:40 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Forums for RAM Transportation
    Chair: Andrew B. Barto – U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    Co-Chair: Ingo Reiche – Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE)
  • 8:40 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Monitoring and Tracking Materials in Transit
    Chair: Shea Cotton – U.S. Department of Energy
    Co-Chair: Robert Watkins – Savannah River Site
  • 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM CST
    Refreshment Break
  • 10:20 AM - 11:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Energy Absorbing Materials
    Chair: Laurent CABILLIC, M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering – FRAMATOME
    Co-Chair: Sam Trost – Idaho National Laboratory
  • 10:20 AM - 11:40 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Source Removal + Recovery II
    Chair: David Oliver – NAC International Inc.
    Co-Chair: William Stewart – Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • 10:20 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Criticality Concerns
    Chair: Tanya Sloma-DeLosier – Westinghouse Electric Co.
    Co-Chair: Kuniharu Kinoshita – WNTI
  • 10:20 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Mechanical Testing & Data Acquisitions
    Chair: Adian Cook – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Chair: Michael c. Yaksh, PhD – NAC International
  • 10:20 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Emerging Technologies
    Chair: Kevin Connolly – ORNL
    Co-Chair: Stephanie Jacobs – Savannah River National Laboratory
  • 12:00 PM CST
    Symposium Adjourns