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Full Schedule

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
  • 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM CST
    Exhibitor Load-in
  • 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM CST
    Registration Open
  • 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM CST
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Grant Awardees Orientation Meeting (by invitation only)
  • 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Grand Opening Reception
  • Monday, July 28, 2025
  • 3:40 AM – 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Panel Session – ATLAS Rail Car
  • 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
    Speaker Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CST
    Companion Program Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM – 10:20 AM CST
    Welcoming Remarks / Opening Plenary
  • 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:20 AM – 10:40 AM CST
    Refreshment Break (in the Exhibit Hall)
  • 10:40 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Plenary Session
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
    Grant Awardees Luncheon (by invitation only)
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
    Lunch on Own
  • 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Thermal Analysis
  • 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: UF6
  • 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – EDU: Moving the Knowledge Base Forward
  • 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Recent Experiences in Transport Operations
  • 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Innovations in Technologies and Methodologies
  • 3:20 PM – 3:40 PM CST
    Refreshment Break
  • 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Floating on the Edge-FNPPs
  • 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Transport of Type-C and Large Quantities of Radioactive Materials
  • 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: HALEU
  • 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Waste other than HLW
  • 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Supply Chain/Regime Resilience
  • 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
    Speaker Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    Opening Remarks / Morning Plenary
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CST
    Companion Program Breakfast
  • 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 Technical Session – DESIGN: Content Specific Challenges
  • 9:00 AM – 10:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Dose Assessment for Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation
  • 9:00 AM – 10:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Transportation Outreach and Engagement Success Strategies
  • 9:00 AM – 10:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Benefits of International Collaboration
  • 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:20 AM – 10:40 AM CST
    Refreshment Break (in the Exhibit Hall)
  • 10:40 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Panel Session – Insurance Issues for RAM Transport
  • 10:40 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Panel Session – TRU/WIPP
  • 10:40 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: New Trends in Structural Analysis
  • 10:40 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Spent Fuel
  • 10:40 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: AMR/SMR - Transportation Challenges
  • 10:40 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Application of Artificial Intelligence
  • 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM CST
    Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Tour
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
    Lunch on Own
  • 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Aging Management
  • 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Computational Testing and Validation
  • 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Preparation for Long Term Storage
  • 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Improving the Regulatory Basis in the US
  • 3:20 PM – 3:40 PM CST
    Refreshment Break (in the Exhibit Hall)
  • 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Dry Storage
  • 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Structural Analysis of Specific Components
  • 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: ANSI N14.5
  • 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: SSR-6 - Improving the Process
  • 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Regulatory Implementation and Program Development
  • 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
    Speaker Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM – 9:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Design Strategies for Transportation Packaging
  • 8:00 AM – 9:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – EDU: Nuclear Packaging Education Opportunities
  • 8:00 AM – 9:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Source Removal + Recovery I
  • 8:00 AM – 9:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Regulations - What's New on the Horizon?
  • 8:00 AM – 9:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Techniques for Mitigating Security - Related Events
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CST
    Companion Program Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM CST
    Poster Session
  • 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM CST
    Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Tour
  • 12:00 PM – 1:20 PM CST
    Grant Awardees Luncheon (by invitation only)
  • 12:00 PM – 1:20 PM CST
    Lunch on Own
  • 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
  • 1:20 PM – 2:40 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Shielding Specific Challenges in Packaging I
  • 1:20 PM – 2:40 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Denials of Shipments
  • 1:20 PM – 2:40 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Domestic implementation of International Regulations
  • 2:40 PM – 3:00 PM CST
    Refreshment Break (in the Exhibit Hall)
  • 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: New & Modified Packaging Design II
  • 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Shielding Materials and Monitoring of Radioactive Packaging
  • 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Automation + AI
  • 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Spent Nuclear Fuel: From Transport to Storage
  • 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Addressing Emerging Challenges
  • 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CST
    Plenary Session
  • 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
    Speaker Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    Opening Remarks / Morning Plenary
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CST
    Companion Program Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM – 10:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Panel Session – Transportation Security & Insider Threat Mitigation
  • 9:00 AM – 10:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: New & Modified Packaging Design III
  • 9:00 AM – 10:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Shielding and Dose Calculations in Transport Packages
  • 9:00 AM – 10:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Leveling Up: Engaging Technologies to Enhance Training
  • 9:00 AM – 10:20 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Transport Topics: Onsite and Liability
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:20 AM – 10:40 AM CST
    Refreshment Break (in the Exhibit Hall)
  • 10:40 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Computational Modeling for Certification
  • 10:40 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Containment & Leak Testing
  • 10:40 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: International Perspectives – Contents Specific
  • 10:40 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Maintenance
  • 10:40 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Advances for Transport of ATF and HALEU
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
    Lunch on Own
  • 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 – DESIGN: Containment Design & Sensing in RAM Packaging
  • 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Large Objects-Maritime
  • 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: On the Road Again: Land-based Microreactor Transport
  • 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Workforces and Regime Development
  • 3:20 PM – 3:40 PM CST
    Refreshment Break (in the Exhibit Hall)
  • 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Panel Session – Regulatory Framework in Manufacturing
  • 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Computational Modeling for Drop Test Characterization
  • 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Containment & Leak Testing of Packages
  • 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Microreactors and Space Powers
  • 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Transport of RAM by Sea
  • 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM CST
    PATRAM 2025 Gala
  • Friday, August 1, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM CST
    Registration Open
  • 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM CST
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM CST
    Speaker Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CST
    Companion Program Breakfast
  • 8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Cladding for Spent Nuclear Fuel
  • 8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Radioactive Packaging Families
  • 8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Dose Assessment for Radioactive Materials Transportation
  • 8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Emergency Planning
  • 8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Forums for RAM Transportation
  • 8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Monitoring and Tracking Materials in Transit
  • 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM CST
    Refreshment Break
  • 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Criticality Concerns
  • 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Energy Absorbing Materials
  • 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Mechanical Testing & Data Acquisitions
  • 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Emerging Technologies
  • 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Source Removal + Recovery II
  • 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST
    Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Risk and Threat Analysis
  • 11:40 AM CST
    Symposium Adjourns