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The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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Sam Altman steps down as Oklo board chair
Advanced nuclear company Oklo Inc. has new leadership for its board of directors as billionaire Sam Altman is stepping down from the position he has held since 2015. The move is meant to open new partnership opportunities with OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, and other artificial intelligence companies.
Edward L. Quinn has been an ANS member since 1984. He is active in the Aerospace Nuclear Science & Technology, Human Factors Instrumentation & Controls and Operations & Power Divisions.
He is the president of Technology Resources and has over 35 years experience in managing nuclear and fossil utility contracts, as well as expertise in personnel in support of both project and supplemental assignments at various utilities in the U.S.
He has managed and performed projects in licensing and compliance, electrical and controls design, and start-up and operation, including standards development for the Instrument Society of America (ISA) and the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC). Quinn is also the author of over 50 papers and presentations on nuclear instrumentation and control subjects.
His other experience includes instructor at the MIT Summer Reactor Safety Course for over 15 years and is a board member of the nuclear engineering programs at Oregon State University and Ohio State University.
Quinn currently provides the licensing support for the eight awarded Invensys Operations Management (IOM) nuclear projects in China. In 2009, he was awarded the 1906 Award for the Development of Standards, the highest award in IEC. Two years later, he received the ANS Walter Zinn Award, named after the first President of ANS.
His educational background includes a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University, Medford, MA, and a Masters in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. Quinn experience also includes Naval Nuclear Qualified Shift Test Engineer (NAVSEA 08).
Read Nuclear News from July 1998 for more on Edward.
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