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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.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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Taking shape: Fusion energy ecosystems built with public-private partnerships
It’s possible to describe fusion in simple terms: heat and squeeze small atoms to get abundant clean energy. But there’s nothing simple about getting fusion ready for the grid.
Private developers, national lab and university researchers, suppliers, and end users working toward that goal are developing a range of complex technologies to reach fusion temperatures and pressures, confounded by science and technology gaps linked to plasma behavior; materials, diagnostics, and electronics for extreme environments; fuel cycle sustainability; and economics.
Dr. Bertram Wolfe was the 32nd president of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). Dr. Bertram joined ANS in 1956. In 1970, he was elevated to Fellow of ANS. During his membership years with ANS he received numerous awards: the Walter Zinn Technical Accomplishment Award in 1990; the Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award in 1992; and the Tommy Thompson Nuclear Safety Award in 1997.
Dr. Wolfe was born on June 6, 1927. He worked in almost all technical phases of peaceful nuclear power and had responsibility for a number of successful nuclear reactor projects. In 1987 he was appointed a vice president of GE and manager of its Nuclear Energy Division, which under his leadership became a highly successful enterprise. He retired from General Electric (GE) in 1992 as a vice president and general manager of GE’s Nuclear Energy Department after a career of over 35 years with GE.
Following his retirement from GE, he served as an independent consultant in the fields of business, energy, and nuclear energy. He also served on several corporate and university committees, including the Boards of Directors of Houston Industries and Houston Lighting and Power Co., and the Boards of Urenco Inc. and Urenco Investments Inc., and academic advisory committees at the University of California at Berkeley and Texas A & M. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1980.
Dr. Wolfe graduated from the Bronx High School and Science, and received a B.A. in physics from Princeton University in 1950 and a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from Cornell University in 1954.
Dr. Bertram Wolfe passed away on September 6, 2004.
Read Nuclear News from July 1986 for more on Bertram.
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