WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND THE ECA NEW NUCLEAR FORUM
Mark your calendar for the only meeting that brings together DOE officials, advanced nuclear technology developers, NRC, National labs, federal, state, local, and tribal
governments. Engage in discussions made to identify shared opportunities and challenges, while building partnerships to support new nuclear development. Here's why you should attend this premiere event: - Shared Learning: The ECA Forum is designed to enable shared
learning so that local, State and Tribal governments considering nuclear projects can be meaningfully engaged, educated, and prepared to match the strengths and needs of their communities with new nuclear opportunities.
- Foster New Connections: The ECA Forum is highly attended by ECA member communities, local, State and Tribal governments, Chambers of Commerce, local, state and regional economic development organizations, industry, utilities,
developers, financiers, union representatives and academic experts.
- Community-Driven Approach: The ECA Forum is focused on the central role that communities play in new nuclear development; empowering and connecting communities to support and be supported by industry, developers, and government.
REGISTER NOW for ECAs New Nuclear Forum: Moving New Nuclear Projects Forward, April 23-24, 2025, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The Discounted Early Bird Rate available only for a limited time! Register by February 15 to secure it!
Sneak peek at what to expect from the two-day meeting: - Insight from DOE Leadership on Priorities of the New Administration
- Understanding Economic Development Opportunities for New Nuclear
- Growing the
Nuclear Power Market
- A view from the NRC on planning, licensing, and risk reduction
- Taking a Regional Approach: Nuclear Planning in the Intermountain West
- Nuclear Waste Management: Prioritizing the front-end and the back-end of the fuel cycle
Find more information about the ECA New Nuclear Forum and the latest agenda online.
INTERESTED IN BEING A SPONSOR? Click here to learn more: SPONSORSHIPS. Please contact Autumn Bogus, ECA Forum Staff, at abogus@la-inc.com with questions
ENSURING LONG TERM SUCCESS: ECA TRANSITION PAPER FOR EM
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) must continuously examine its work and evolve. The Energy Communities Alliance (ECA) is calling on the next Administration to launch a comprehensive review of all aspects of the EM program. To meet the challenges and better ensure the continued success of the DOE-EM program, the ECA’s Transition paper
offers the following recommendations: - Establishment of disposal paths for every type of radioactive and hazardous waste, including ensuring that both private and public sites are available and utilized.
- The reevaluation of DOE-EM’s use of the end-state contracting model so that more funds are available for actual work.
- Ensuring that regulatory agreements are reasonably achievable and balance short- and long-term needs.
- Improvement of workforce planning to
address “brain drain” and long-term needs for skilled talent of all kinds.
- Continuing focus on economic and energy development benefits.
- The maintaining of robust local, state, tribal government, and stakeholder engagement at each site.
- Clarification on DOE policy regarding how the discovery of hazardous and radioactive materials at “completed sites” will be addressed to ensure that cleanup is protective of human health and the environment, and that the local community is
not responsible for the DOE’s legacy waste cleanup.
- The reconstituting of a dedicated nuclear waste organization within the DOE to address high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel issues.
Read the paper by clicking its cover above or the button below!
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hears Panelists in a session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos acknowledged the challenge of meeting the target of tripling nuclear capacity by 2050 but highlighted progress made with regards to the supply chain and financing in achieving
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