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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
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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Extraterrestrial Pu found in the ocean sheds light on cosmic events
Traces of freshly made plutonium and radioactive iron recovered from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean are contributing to an understanding of how heavier elements are created from exploding stars and other cosmic events, according to a National Public Radio report.
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Duke Energy, a Fortune 150 company, is headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. The company has approximately 51,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the Carolinas (including 11,000 megawatts of nuclear generation), Midwest and Florida, providing electricity to 7.8 million customers, and natural gas services supplying more than 1.6 million customers in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and the Carolinas.
