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Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
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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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NRC v. Texas: Supreme Court weighs challenge to NRC authority in spent fuel storage case
The State of Texas has not one but two ongoing federal court challenges to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that could, if successful, turn decades of NRC regulations, precedent, and case law on its head.
2021 CONTE Virtual Meeting Plenary Session Speaker
Kos Dovas is the Vice President of Training at Exelon Generation located in Warrenville, Illinois. Mr. Dovas is accountable for safe, effective and efficient implementation of the Training Programs across Exelon’s fleet of twelve Nuclear Power Plants. This includes responsibility for the governance and oversight of Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Chemistry, Radiation Protection and General Worker training programs as well as oversight of successful Accreditation Renewal and Nuclear Regulatory Commission operator licensing processes.
Mr. Dovas joined Exelon in 1997 and has held various positions in operations, site training leadership, corporate training oversight and has served as an Accreditation Team Leader at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO). Most recently before assuming his current role in 2019, Mr. Dovas served as the Director of Fleet Nuclear training.
Mr. Dovas serves as the chairperson for the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Licensed Operator Focus Group which interfaces with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on matters of operator licensing on behalf of the industry and is also a member of the Excelsior College Nuclear Engineering Technology Industry Advisory Committee.
Mr. Dovas holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Technology, an AAS degree Electrical/Electronic Automated Systems and a PWR Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) certification at Braidwood Station.
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