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Division Spotlight
Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
Meeting Spotlight
2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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Don’t get boxed in: Entergy CNO Kimberly Cook-Nelson shares her journey
Kimberly Cook-Nelson
For Kimberly Cook-Nelson, the path to the nuclear industry started with a couple of refrigerator boxes and cellophane paper. Her sixth-grade science project was inspired by her father, who worked at Seabrook power station in New Hampshire as a nuclear operator.
“I had two big refrigerator boxes I taped together. I cut the ‘primary operating system’ and the ‘secondary system’ out of them. Then I used different colored cellophane paper to show the pressurized water system versus the steam versus the cold cooling water,” Cook-Nelson said. “My dad got me those little replica pellets that I could pass out to people as they were going by at my science fair.”
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12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair: Ronald L. Boring|Alternate Chair: Paula Savioja
Session Chair: Michael Muhlheim|Alternate Chair: Derek Halverson
Panel
Session Chair: Chad J. Kiger|Alternate Chair: James B. McConkey
Session Chair: Josh Daw|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Session Chair: Brent D. Shumaker
Session Chair: Brenden Heidrich|Alternate Chair: Troy Unruh
2:15–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Torrey Mortenson|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Cody Walker|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Carol Smidts|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Zachary Spielman|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Derek Halverson|Alternate Chair: Michael Muhlheim
4:30–6:15PM EDT
Session Chair: Jacob Houser|Alternate Chair: William H. Ferrell
Session Chair: M. N. Ericson|Alternate Chair: Pradeep Ramuhalli
Session Chair: Sacit M. Cetiner|Alternate Chair: Pradeep Ramuhalli
Session Chair: Ahmad Al Rashdan|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Paul Hunton|Alternate Chair: Richard Wood
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe|Alternate Chair: David R. Desaulniers
Session Chair: Rodney Busquim|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Session Chair: Graeme M. West|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Nesrin Cetiner|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Janos Eiler|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Ryan S. Flamand|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe
Session Chair: Tunc Aldemir|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Jianghai Li
Session Chair: Miltiadis Alamaniotis|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Ted Quinn
Session Chair: Casey Kovesdi|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe
Session Chair: Michael T. Rowland|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Session Chair: Gyunyoung Heo|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Padhraic L. Mulligan|Alternate Chair: Josh Daw
Session Chair: Brent Shumaker|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Jason Remer|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
10:00–11:45AM EDT
Session Chair: Raymond L. Herb|Alternate Chair: Pareez Golub
Session Chair: Adam Deatherage|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Zhouxiang Fei|Alternate Chair: Hyun Gook Kang
Session Chair: Markus Porthin|Alternate Chair: Sung-Min Shin
Session Chair: Alexander H. Hashemian|Alternate Chair: Shawn N. Tyler
Session Chair: Katya Le Blanc|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
12:15–2:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Paula Savioja|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe
Session Chair: MIke Waters|Alternate Chair: Raymond L. Herb
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Richard T. Wood
Session Chair: Jacob Farber|Alternate Chair: Richard Wood
