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Division Spotlight
Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences
The mission of the Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences (DES) Division is to promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the use of nuclear energy and the optimal management and stewardship of the environment, sustainable development, decommissioning, remediation, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear-related installations, and sites. The target audience for this effort is the membership of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.
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
October 2021
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Fusion Science and Technology
August 2021
Latest News
Eleven countries newly elected to IAEA board
Eleven countries have been newly elected to serve on the 35-member board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency for the period 2021–2022. The election took place on September 23 during the plenary session of the 65th IAEA General Conference, in Vienna, Austria. The conference started on September 20 and will run through September 24.
X. George Xu
Kliss McNeel
John Bennion
Kevin R. O'Kula
Benjamin R. Betzler
Peter B. Lyons
Dr. David L. AumillerDr. J. Rory KennedyDr. Karen Vierow KirklandDr. David J. KropaczekMs. Evelyn M. Mullen PEProf. Lin ShaoDr. Michael L. Zerkle
Dr. Rita BaranwalProf. Yaron DanonDr. Mitchell FarmerMr. Dennis W. HennekeDr. Kostadin N. IvanovDr. Richard LeeDr. Thomas A. MehlhornDr. Juergen RappDr. Kumar Sridharan
University of New Mexico (Best Section)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Best Section)University of Wisconsin Madison (Honorable Mention)Missouri University of Science & Technology (Honorable Mention)
Pareez E. Golub
Janelle P. Wharry
William G. Wabbersen, Jr.
Stephen Ted Wood
Rebecca L. Steinman
William H. Hannum
Andrew G. Sowder
Patrick BerryJ. Wesley Hines
David L. RahnRichard T. Wood
Samuel Joseph CopeNathan H. Hart
Rudolph JohannesMaria (Rudy) Konings
Fuel Cycle Facility, Idaho National LaboratoryTokamak Fusion Test Reactor, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Maria Okuniewski
ANS Young Members GroupChairman Kristine L. SvinickiLeah Spradley ParksProf. Dan Gabriel CacuciHon. Rita Baranwal
Samir Darbali
Kenan Unlu
Michael Z. Podowski
Fiona E. Rayment
Siegfried S. Hecker
George FlanaganN. Prasad Kadambi
University of Tennessee Knoxville: Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor Design and AnalysisUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Plasma Sustainment and Tin Particle Mitigation in Extreme Ultraviolet LithographyPurdue University: Design of a Novel Decision-Making Tool for the Analysis of Protective Actions During a Radiological ReleaseUniversity of Sharjah: Design and Experimental Verification of a Gamma Radiogauge to Detect Water Level in Ballast Tanks in Oil PlatformsNorth Carolina State University: Design of an Economical Low-Power Fast Spectrum Molten Chloride Reactor
Dennis Henneke
Tim CrookMatthew D. Wargon
Lisa Marshall
William E. Burchill
