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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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.
Alfred Amorosi
Karl O. Ott
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (First Place)University of Wisconsin-Madison (Second Place)Texas A&M University (Third Place)University of Florida (Honorable Mention)
Gerald A. Eisert
Mitchel E. CunninghamThomas M. Sutton
Robert D. Bromm
Andre GauvenetHarry HollingshausThomas H. RowJack Scarborough
Small Local SectionsLouisiana (Meritorious)Michigan (Best Membership)Oak Ridge/Knoxville (Best Meetings and Programs, Best Public Information and Education)Long Island and Oak Ridge/Knoxville (Best Section Management)Eastern Washington, Central Illinois, Northern Pennsylvania, Southeast Florida (Meritorious Finalists)Large Local SectionsWashington DC (Best Membership)Eastern Carolinas (Meritorious, Best Meetings and Programs, Best Public Information and Education)Idaho (Best Section Management)International Local SectionsFrance (Meritorious, All Categories)
Leo B. Holland (Martin Marietta Energy Systems)Louis F. Storz (Toledo Edison)
Susana Valenti
A. Burtron Johnson, Jr.K. Linga Murty
Pajarito Canyon Site Approved SeptemberSan Onofre Nuclear Generating Station 1 Approved SeptemberWaste Calcining Facility Approved September
Vicki M. Bier
Paul DozineHerbert E. HungerfordJohn W. LandisThomas F. Plunkett
Allen BrodskyShiori Ishino
W. Kenneth Davis
Joseph T. Thomas
GraduateOhio State UniversityLaurian Dinca, Geoffrey Golub, Brian Kelley, Daryl Lacy, David Lewis, Greg PhillipsUniversity of TennesseeM. Dunn, S. Goluoglu, R. Metcalf, A. WilkinsonUndergraduateNorth Carolina State UniversityMeredith Nahm, Crystal BuchananUniversity of TennesseePatrick Brantley, Anthony Carey, Jeff Jeanguenat, Chris Jones, Stead Kiger, Michelle Woodall
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Robert DautrayJohn D. LindlSadao Nakai
Cordell Reed
Jules Horowitz
John J. Taylor