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Education, Training & Workforce Development
The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
Meeting Spotlight
2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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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Latest News
NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RRSD
Tuesday, June 13, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|California
Session Chair:
Adam J. Carroll
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Venugopal K. Varma
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Robotic Digital Twin of Mobile Robotic Hot Cell for Nuclear Waste Handling
3:15–3:35PM EDT
Young Soo Park (ANL), Venugopal Varma (ORNL), Edward Colgate (Northwestern Univ.), Sabri Cetin (Univ. Ilinois, Chicago), Anamary Daniel (Inspection Expert), Wendell Chun (Univ. Denver), Boaz Buechley (United Cleanup Oak Ridge), John Lee (Dept. of Energy)
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Recent Updates to KRAKEN: A MOOSE-Based Multiphysics Simulation Platform for Soft Materials and Robots
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Kevin Wandke (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Y Z (Univ. Michigan)
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