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Division Spotlight
Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2023)
February 6–9, 2023
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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A fateful day for nuclear waste policy: January 31, 1998
Next week will mark 25 years since January 31, 1998, a familiar date to most in the nuclear community, and revisited in today’s #ThrowbackThursday post with an article from the March 1998 issue of Nuclear News. “Those in the nuclear power industry are aware of the significance of the date January 31, 1998. ln the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, that date was set as the deadline for the U.S. government—more specifically, the Department of Energy—to begin taking possession of and responsibility for spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power plants nationwide” (NN, March 1998, p. 59).
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New this year, Executive Panels have been added to provide busy nuclear professionals a broader look at developments in nuclear science and technology and their impact on policy and markets. Click on the links below for more information about the Executive Panels, which focus on crisis communications, diversity and inclusion, lessons learned from new construction projects, and the 2021 Polar Vortex energy blackouts as well as advances in space technology, non-power technologies and nuclear capabilities, and action on nuclear waste.
Panel|Session Chair: Jeffrey C. King
Monday, June 14, 2021|12:00–1:45PM (1:00–2:45PM EDT)
Panel|Session Chair: W. Neal Mann
Monday, June 14, 2021|2:15–4:00PM (3:15–5:00PM EDT)
Panel|Session Chair: Craig Piercy
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|11:00AM–12:45PM (12:00–1:45PM EDT)
Panel|Cosponsored by ETWDD|Session Chair: Andrew Smith
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|1:15–3:00PM (2:15–4:00PM EDT)
Panel|Session Chair: Shaun Anderson
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|3:30–5:15PM (4:30–6:15PM EDT)
Panel|Session Chair: Steven P. Nesbit
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|11:00AM–12:45PM (12:00–1:45PM EDT)
Panel|Cosponsored by ETWDD|Session Chair: Shirly Rodriguez
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|1:15–3:00PM (2:15–4:00PM EDT)
Panel|Session Chair: Kenneth J. Aupperle
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|3:30–5:15PM (4:30–6:15PM EDT)