Experimental Operations and Facilities
Facility Decommissioning Training Course Testimonials
Read what previous attendees said about our Training Course.
| Attendee Comment | Year |
|---|---|
| “Thank you so much for the opportunity to attend the Facility D&D TC in Vegas last week! I really appreciated the experience and found the training very insightful. It was inspiring to see so many industry leaders come together and share the important work they do, and I was also introduced to several new topics. I am very grateful to have participated.” – March 2026 TC National Lab attendee | 2026 |
| “If you are in the industry, this is a phenomenal course. Larry Boing puts together a great group of instructors that are very experienced and knowledgeable across the entire spectrum of Decommissioning.” – DOE Closure contractor staff | 2025 |
| “I think this training course is very useful - thank you.” – August 2025 Korean attendee | 2025 |
| “It was a very useful training course, especially the reading/backup materials.” – August 2025 Korean attendee | 2025 |
| “It was good opportunity for me.” – August 2025 Korean attendee | 2025 |
| “This week I was fortunate enough for Spectra Tech, Inc. to send me to Pittsburgh to attend the Facility Decommissioning training put on by Lawrence E. (Larry) Boing and Argonne National Laboratory. The amount of knowledge and experience by the many presenters was quite impressive and will be extremely beneficial to all of those lucky enough to attend. I strongly suggest that training course if you have any involvement in the decommissioning of nuclear facilities.” – September 2025 attendee | 2025 |
| “It was an incredibly informative and valuable training experience. Thank you.” – March 2025 attendee, international regulator | 2025 |
| “I think this may well have been the most informative training I have ever attended. I very much appreciated the fact that the days were full with little time wasted on excessive breaks or long lunches and the thoughtfulness of the jump drives (USBs) and supplemental information.” – March 2025 attendee, domestic engineering firm | 2025 |
| “I just want to brag about the instructors. They are knowledgeable, attentive and excited about teaching.…I came into the class knowing nothing about decommissioning but I left with so much knowledge and alot of resources for the future. I would highly recommend this class to my peers.” – Feb 2025 State Government attendee | 2025 |
| “No suggested improvements. Great course !!” – Dec 2024 Federal employee attendee | 2024 |
| “.… I went to the training in 2016 in Las Vegas and learned so much!!” – Commercial Utility attendee | 2024 |
| “I attended this course in the past and found it to be very educational.” – USDOE National Lab subcontractor – 2019 attendee | 2024 |
| “Enjoyed the case studies and real world examples. Helps better understand all the information.” – March 2024 attendee | 2024 |
| “Overall a great course.” – Federal attendee, March 2024 session | 2024 |
| “Great training course, love the location (Vegas), love the hotel, loved the dynamics of all the presenters, good team of people.” – M&I attendee, March 2024 session | 2024 |
| “This course is fantastic ! I am impressed by the level of knowledge displayed and the level of detail in the presentations.” – M&I attendee, March 2024 session | 2024 |
| “The combination of the various professionals speaking within the TC made the content very intriguing, with each individual showing major compassion for the industry. Really enjoyed the case studies. The real project experiences presented by project staff provided training I will not forget. Vendors also had great presentations and demonstrations.” – M&I attendee, March 2024 session | 2024 |
| “I truly enjoyed the course, thanks a lot for all your efforts putting that together!” – April 2024 attendee, Canada | 2024 |
| “Thank you for the course. I really enjoyed it.” – March 2024 Federal Government attendee | 2024 |
| “The course was outstanding… and I learned a lot. Thank you so much. Fantastic!!” – Fall 2023 attendee | 2023 |
| “The presentations and presenters were organized, engaging and very informative. The class size was small enough to allow for interactive discussions and the staff were eager to answer any and all questions thrown at them.” – D&D contractor/engineer attendee | 2023 |
| “Thought this was a great program. The speakers were interesting and engaging and I thought the venue was great. Having all the info on a USB will be very useful.” – DOE operating contractor attendee | 2023 |
| “The progression was logical and well covered in the material.” – Federal attendee | 2023 |
| “The course was a very good overview of D&D. I appreciated learning about the aspects I have not previously been involved in.” – Federal attendee | 2023 |
| “Excellent course – all presentations were great!” – Federal attendee | 2023 |
| “This was a good course suited for industry professionals.” – Federal attendee | 2023 |
| “Just wanted to pass along my thanks for what sounded like another great course earlier this month. The folks from my team that attended had a lot of great feedback, and of course really enjoyed the tour. It’s really beneficial for our folks to get out and see a site like that since we spend so much of our time in (our offices). ” – DOE program support office attendees | 2023 |
| “Thanks for an awesome class. I learned so much from everyone.” – DOE National Laboratory employee | 2023 |
| “Glad I was able to meet everyone for this event. I will ensure to promote your course to other colleagues… Great course.” – Federal Staff | 2023 |
| “Once again, thank you for bringing that pool of presenters and their rich and collective field experiences. I’m glad I made that class.” – Federal staff | 2023 |
| “Instructors very knowledgeable and shared their experiences.” – Federal attendee | 2023 |
| “Good Introduction to Decommissioning process” – Federal attendee | 2023 |
| “All instructors were great.” – Federal attendee | 2023 |
| “Excellent training course overall.” – Federal attendee | 2023 |
| “Excellent speaker variety – great course.” – Federal attendee | 2023 |
| “I appreciate you and all the instructors, this training is great!” – Attendee | 2023 |
| “(My boss) spoke very highly (of the training course) and recommended that I attend.” – Federal attendee | 2023 |
| “Thanks again for the wonderful course that lined up the things clearly in my head. Everything remembered and learned will come into use and I am already in my office working on my action plan. Thanks also for the wonderful friendly atmosphere during the course.” – IAEA participant | 2023 |
| “Thank you Larry … and all the other lecturers as well.” – Non-US Utility Attendee | 2023 |
| “Thanks for a great course.” – Commercial NPP / D&D services firm | 2023 |
| “Just a note to say thank you for all your efforts to provide the training class last week.” – USDOE Employee | 2023 |
| “Thanks again for the work you’ve done putting this (the D&D TC) all together. I got a lot out of it and truly enjoyed my time.” – D&D TC utility attendee | 2023 |
| “I found the case studies most useful. I appreciated all the speakers knowledge and passion. Thank you all!” – DOE/NNSA contractor attendee | 2022 |
| “The variety of speakers a definite positive.” – 2022 DOE/NNSA contractor attendee | 2022 |
| “Overall an excellent course with knowledgeable instructors.” | 2022 |
| “Thank you for setting this up.” | 2022 |
| “Excellent course! Instructors were undisputeable stars with many years of experience and being well informed of industry and all aspects of D&D.” – NPP Supplier | 2022 |
| “I would like to thank everyone involved with this class for all of the time, effort and preparation that went into it. It is clear that this (course and the teaching) is done by a group of people with a clear passion for the industry and a desire to enrich others in it.” | 2022 |
| “Overall I really enjoyed the class. Having the opportunity to hear insights from industry experts helped show the application of (basic) concepts discussed.” | 2022 |
| “Very much enjoyed the Argonne training in Vegas.” | 2022 |
| “Thanks for organizing a great training course! I really enjoyed that NNSS tour as well. It was an awesome, unique experience that I won’t forget.” | 2022 |
| “Overall, I feel I learned a lot and will keep alot of the information provided to use as reference material.” – DOE M&O | 2022 |
| “I was able to get a lot of knowledge about D&D in this ANL training. I am impressed by your course management, expertise, and the preparation, experience and knowledge-based explanations of the various instructors involved.” | 2021 |
| “Learned a lot from the training course and hopefully we can implement some of the approaches immediately into our decommissioning processes.” | 2021 |
| “Thank you so much - for kind words, motivation and of course all this information, experience and knowledge you provided during training course. Thank you … it is a great honor to participate in this course!” | 2021 |
| “I would like to sincerely thank you for the excellent organized training. I very (much) appreciate your kindness and your valuable time. I have learned a lot. This knowledge is very useful to me.” | 2021 |
| “I am very grateful to have an opportunity to join this event which is fulfilled by speakers with lot of experiences - very fruitful event. Thank you so much for sharing information and experiences.” | 2021 |
| “I followed this short, yet comprehensive, training course a couple of weeks ago. It provides all you need to know about D&D, with a good balance between theoretical aspects and actual projects experience feedback, as well as between large and small facilities.“Failing to plan is planning to fail!”” | 2021 |
| “This was a very comprehensive course, thanks.” | 2021 |
| “Thanks, really learned a lot. Very interesting course!” | 2021 |
| “I enjoyed the D&D course last week. Overall, I found it to be very comprehensive and informative.” | 2021 |