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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 Winter Meeting and Technology Expo
November 30–December 3, 2021
Washington, DC|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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Nuclear Science and Engineering
November 2021
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Fusion Science and Technology
August 2021
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Hanford completes wastewater basin work to support tank waste treatment
Record-breaking heat and the vast size of the job did not stop the Department of Energy’s Office of River Protection and its tank operations contractor, Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), from completing a construction project critical to the Hanford Site’s Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste program for treating radioactive tank waste.
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Kenneth D. Lewis
University of Michigan (Best Section)University of Wisconsin- Madison (Best Section)Missouri University of Science & Technology (Honorable Mention)Texas A&M University (Honorable Mention)
Denis Beller
Bal-Raj Sehgal
Georges Vendryes
Small Local SectionsWashington, DC (Best Membership)Virginia (Best Meetings and Programs)Trinity (Best Public Information and Education)
Ronald J. BrunoArthur H. FriedmanTimothy McGheeRenee C. MilnerJohn SteinerPeter Tocci, Jr.Ann D. Winters
Texas A&M Nuclear Science CenterUniversity of Florida Text ReactorPurdue University ReactorOregon State UniversityWashington State University Nuclear ReactorUniversity of Wisconsin Nuclear ReactorNeutron Radiography Reactor
Robert E. Uhrig
Prashant K. Jain
Theodore M. Besmann
ZED-2 Heavy Water Critical Facility
Sue Coleman
Virginia D. ClearySamuel J. CollinsDonald R. HoffmanRoss F. Radel
William Howard Arnoid
Nick Tsoulfanidis
Richard J. K. Stratford
Ernest D. EasonG. Robert OdetteRandy K. NanstadTakuya Yamamoto and Joyce E. Wright.
Allen CampThomas McLaughlin
GraduateUniversity of MichiganBenjamin Betzler, Hiruy Hadgu, C. Lawrence, Matt Orians, Andrew Pavlou and A. Poitrasson-RiviereUniversity of TennesseeMatthew Cook, Oscar Lastres, S. Hogle, Martin GrossbeckUndergraduateNorth Carolina State UniversityJustin Carey, J. Michael Doster, Jesse Holmes, Chris Long, Amber Smart, Josh WestUniversity of Rhode IslandMichael Audette, Charlie Hanley, James Leuzarder, Daniel McCleary, Kevin Plourde
Per Peterson
David J. Diamond
Kewaunee Power Station
Michael Kansler
John W. Landis
Arielle Miller
Arielle Jennifer Miller
