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Division Spotlight
Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
Meeting Spotlight
2021 ANS Virtual Annual Meeting
June 14–16, 2021
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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Nuclear Science and Engineering
June 2021
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
April 2021
Latest News
The consequences of closure: The local cost of shutting down a nuclear power plant
When on May 7, 2013, the Kewaunee nuclear power plant in rural Wisconsin was shut down, it took with it more than 600 full-time jobs and more than $70 million in lost wages, not including temporary employment from refueling and maintenance outages. Taking into account indirect business-to-business activity, the total economic impact of the closure of the single-unit pressurized water reactor was estimated to be more than $630 million to the surrounding three-county area.
Ersel A. Evans
Jeffrey D. Lewins
Elmer E. Lewis
Andy Lethco
Takashi Hibiki
Alan D. Swain
Small Local SectionsOak Ridge / Knoxville (Best Membership)Savannah River (Best Meetings & Programs)Colorado (Best Public Info and Education, Best Section Management, Best Overall)Large Local SectionsIdaho (Best Overall)
Peter Martin
Jacopo Buongiorno
James J. Laidler
Intense Pulsed Neutron Source at Argonne National Laboratory Approved September
Pat Jupiter
Donald R. HoffmanJohn W. Landis
Richard G. Helmer
Massimo Salvatores
Weston M. Stacey
Corbin McNeill
Richard Rhodes
Michael J. Wright
GraduateUniversity of TennesseeWeley Williams, Ke Zhao, Baofu Lu, Andrew Szaflarski, Peter KimUndergraduateGeorgia Institute of TechnologyG.P. Kessler, L.M. Kirby, A.N. Mauer, J.J. Noble, D.M. Stopp, D.S. UlevichMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyIan J. Parrish, Paige Hopewell, Victoria Anderson, Mark Laughter, ishani TrivedaUniversity of California-BerkeleyD. Wongsawaeng, D. Cash, I. Byers, B. Tran
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Dr. Mordecai RosenStefano Atzeni
Bal Raj Sehgal
McGuire Nuclear StationDuke Power CompanyWatts Bar Nuclear PlantTennessee Valley Authority
Roy A. Anderson Nuclear Management Company
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Daniel G. Cacuci
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