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Division Spotlight
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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Latest News
Zap Energy hits 37-million-degree electron temperatures in compact fusion device
Zap Energy announced April 23 that it has reached 1-3 keV plasma electron temperatures—roughly the equivalent of 11 to 37 million degrees Celsius—using its sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch approach to fusion. Reaching temperatures above that of the sun’s core (which is 10 million degrees Celsius temperature) is just one hurdle required before any fusion confinement concept can realistically pursue net gain and fusion energy.
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George E. Apostolakis
John T. Conway
University of Michigan (Best Section)University of Wisconsin-Madison (Honorable Mention)Ohio State University (Honorable Mention)
Mark H. Anderson
Garry A. Harris
Herbert J. C. Kouts
Small Local SectionsOak Ridge/Knoxville (Best Overall)Large Local SectionsIdaho (Best Overall)
B. Ralph Sylvia (posthumously)
Quan Zhou
Everett E. Bloom
Belgian Reactor 1 (BR-1) Approved SeptemberFast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) Approved September
Barry D. Ganapol
Melvin R. BucknerInternational Atomic Energy Agency & Director General Mohamed ElBaradeiRaymond H. GabaldonAndrew C. KleinJohn & Muriel LandisJames F. MallayHarold F. McFarlaneRoger S. ReynoldsStephen H. ShepherdKyle H. Turner
Regis A. Matzie
Robert C. Block
Neil E. Todreas
David I. PostonTerry Kammash
James F. Mallay
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Robert J. Budnitz
Frank Bevilacqua
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