Kiewit

Technical presentations cover the Pleasure Bay Interceptor Recovery Tunnel, the Palisades Tunnel Project, Ellicott City flood resilience, East River Tunnels rehabilitation, and ground stabilization for the Hudson River Tunnels. Other topics include Italian high-speed rail tunnel design and construction, the Manhattan Tunnel Project and ground freezing, jet-grouting safe havens on the Lower Olentangy Tunnel Project, the BART Silicon Valley Phase II extension, and the MWRA Metropolitan Water Tunnel Program. The program also includes a project update on the Gateway Hudson Tunnel and an update on the U.S. tunneling industry, including major projects, construction methods, market drivers, and trends.

The conference covers radioactive-material management and nuclear-facility decommissioning. Its 12 tracks include crosscutting policies and programs; high- and low-level radioactive waste, spent fuel, and long-lived alpha/transuranic waste; nuclear power plant waste and on-site spent-fuel storage; packaging and transportation; decontamination and decommissioning; environmental remediation; communications and workforce; and advanced reactors and fusion. The program highlights the United Kingdom’s nuclear-sector developments, including waste management and decommissioning for legacy sites, new nuclear capacity, small modular reactors, and advanced nuclear deployment. The featured U.S. Department of Energy site, Savannah River Site, focuses on tank waste cleanup, nuclear materials processing, advanced manufacturing, AI, and applied research and development, as well as partnerships among government, contractors, regulators, stakeholders, and surrounding communities.