ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Division Spotlight
Reactor Physics
The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
Meeting Spotlight
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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!
Latest Magazine Issues
Jul 2024
Jan 2024
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
September 2024
Nuclear Technology
August 2024
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Taking shape: Fusion energy ecosystems built with public-private partnerships
It’s possible to describe fusion in simple terms: heat and squeeze small atoms to get abundant clean energy. But there’s nothing simple about getting fusion ready for the grid.
Private developers, national lab and university researchers, suppliers, and end users working toward that goal are developing a range of complex technologies to reach fusion temperatures and pressures, confounded by science and technology gaps linked to plasma behavior; materials, diagnostics, and electronics for extreme environments; fuel cycle sustainability; and economics.
2021 CONTE Virtual Meeting Plenary Session Speaker
Lisa Brattin is senior vice president, Workforce Training, Education and Proficiency, at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) in Atlanta, Georgia.
INPO, sponsored by the commercial nuclear industry, is an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the highest levels of safety and reliability - to promote excellence - in the operation of nuclear electric generating plants.
Ms. Brattin was elected senior vice president in November of 2017. She is responsible for Industry Training & Proficiency, including Accreditation Assistance and Support. She is also the executive director for the National Academy of Nuclear Training, which provides leadership courses and seminars and NANTeL e-learning courses for the commercial nuclear power industry and its supplier.
Ms. Brattin began her INPO career in software development and infrastructure management in 1988 after serving as an IT consultant for Barlow Rand in New York City and Mutual and Federal Insurance of South Africa.
After holding a variety of IT management positions, Ms. Brattin served as the manager of NANTeL, the nuclear industry’s e-learning software for computer-based training. She led the NANTeL team through a time of growth as the use of the e-learning portal increased throughout the nuclear industry. Ms. Brattin was promoted to director of Industry Learning and was responsible for the infrastructure and learning services delivered to and shared by INPO with the nuclear power industry.
In November 2014, Ms. Brattin was elected vice president of Talent and Culture. She spearheaded the effort to define and describe INPO’s cultural needs and successfully implemented a plan to transform INPO’s culture. In addition, she was responsible for INPO’s talent strategy, which optimized and shaped the workforce during a time of extensive retirements and industry downsizing.
Ms. Brattin holds an Executive M.B.A. from Emory University and a B.B.A. from Oglethorpe University. She attended the Strategic Human Resources Planning Program at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, the Reactor Technology Course for Utility Executives at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Delivering Information Services Program at Harvard University.
Last modified December 7, 2020, 4:46pm EST