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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
2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 12–15, 2023
Washington, D.C.|Washington Hilton
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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NRC moves ahead on HALEU enrichment, rulemaking, and guidance
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is requesting comments on the regulatory basis for a proposed rule for light water reactor fuel designs featuring high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU), including accident tolerant fuel (ATF) designs, and on draft guidance for the environmental evaluation of ATFs containing uranium enriched up to 8 percent U-235. Some of the HALEU feedstock for those LWR fuels and for advanced reactor fuels could be produced within the first Category II fuel facility licensed by the NRC—Centrus Energy’s American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio. On September 21, the NRC approved the start of enrichment operations in the plant’s modest 16-machine HALEU demonstration cascade.
2019
Southern Nuclear
2018
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station
2016
Plant Hatch
2015
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
2014
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
2013
Dresden
2012
North Anna Power Station Dominion Virginia Power
2011
2011 Beaver Valley Unit 1
2010
Kewaunee Power Station
2009
Fort Calhoun StationSouth Texas Project
2008
Donald C. Cook Nuclear PlantCalvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant
2007
LaSalle County StationBrowns Ferry Nuclear Plant
2006
Beaver Valley Power StationFirstEnergyLimerick Generating StationExelon
2005
Cooper Nuclear StationNPPDBraidwood StationExelon Generating Company, LLC
2004
South Texas ProjectSTP Nuclear Operating Company
2003
North Anna Power StationDominion Generation
2002
Turkey PointFlorida Power & Light CompanyByronExelon Generating Company, LLC
2001
McGuire Nuclear StationDuke Power CompanyWatts Bar Nuclear PlantTennessee Valley Authority
2000
H.B. Robinson Nuclear Generating StationCarolina Power & Light CompanySequoyah Nuclear PlantTennessee Valley Authority
1999
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating StationArizona Public ServicesV.C. Summer Nuclear StationSouth Carolina Electric & Gas Company
1998
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating StationGPU NuclearCrystal River 3Florida Power Corporation
1997
Comanche PeakTXU Electric & Gas CompanyDiablo CanyonPacific Gas & Electric Company
1996
South Texas ProjectSTP Nuclear Operating CompanyVogtleSouthern Nuclear Operating Company
1995
Peach BottomExelon Generating Company, LLCPilgrimEntergy Nuclear Generation CompanyBrunswick Steam Electric PlantCarolina Power & Light Company
1994
SurryVirginia Power CompanyNorth AnnaVirginia Power CompanyTurkey PointFlorida Power & LightCompany
