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Division Spotlight
Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
Meeting Spotlight
2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Commercial nuclear innovation "new space" age
In early 2006, a start-up company launched a small rocket from a tiny island in the Pacific. It exploded, showering the island with debris. A year later, a second launch attempt sent a rocket to space but failed to make orbit, burning up in the atmosphere. Another year brought a third attempt—and a third failure. The following month, in September 2008, the company used the last of its funds to launch a fourth rocket. It reached orbit, making history as the first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to do so.
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Michael Z. Podowski
Gail Marcus
Stephen L. Turner
Hashem HashemianAyman HawariRichard KurtzArthur MottaDavid NiggRizwan Uddin
University of Florida (Best Section)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Honorable Mention)
William R. Hamel
Elia Merzari
Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar
Marcel Boiteux
James C. Bresee
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Charlie Nesbitt
Douglas ChapinHidekazu Yoshikawa
Ahmad Alsabbagh
Tatsuo Shikama
High Flux Isotope Reactor
Shannon Bragg-Sitton
Brad Merrill
James W. BehrensBill BorchardtPeter CaracappaHarsh S. DesaiMary Lou Dunzik-GougarMarvin S. FertelSama Bibao y LeonMichael LineberryPeter B. LyonsBob PennAmir ShakaramiRachel SlaybaughRoger Tilbrook
Dean Mitchell
Donald J. Dudziak
Charles Forsberg
Luis E. Echavarri
Mitchell Farmer
Steven L. Stamm
GraduateTexas A&M: Load Following Molten Salt Reactor- (Chimera)Lloyd Price, William Cook, Jinyong FengAdvisor: Prof. Pavel TsvetkovUndergraduatePurdue University: Core Design Analysis Of The Molybdenum-99 Pool ReactorJake Hader, Jeffrey W Klimes, James Baker Marshall, Faisal Y Odeh, Mateusz P Polek, Shane Patrick RaffertyAdvisor: Prof. C.K. ChoiGeorgia Institute of Technology: Water-Based Neutron Scintillator Detector Design, Construction, and TestingAndrew Grice, Kam Yu Lee, Jessica Maddocks, Greg Peacock, Kevin ReevesAdvisor: Prof. Anna EricksonUniversity of Tennessee: Methods to Enhance Spent Fuel Pool and Dry Cask StorageDustin Giltnane, Dave Gotthold, Seth Langford, Michael Ratliff, Jessica Shewmaker, Cody WigginsAdvisor: Prof. Martin Grossbeck
Jose N. Reyes
Larry R. Baylor & Stephen K. Combs
Theofanis Theofanous
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Jeffrey B. Archie, Sr. (VP & CNO; So. Carolina Electric & Gas):Danny G. Bost, (EVP & CNO; Southern Nuclear Operating Co.)
Elmer Lewis
Rachel Slaybaugh
David Pointer
Kyle H. Turner