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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
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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1:00–2:45PM EST
Session Chair: Pamela Aigner|Alternate Chair: George E. Manaskie
Session Chair: Lisa Edwards|Alternate Chair: Dan Randolph
Session Chair: Marlene Khalil|Alternate Chair: Jason Overstreet
Session Chair: Thomas S. Dean|Alternate Chair: Stephen Page
3:15–5:00PM EST
Session Chair: Dan Randolph|Alternate Chair: Juan J. Cortez
Session Chair: Raymond J. Dean|Alternate Chair: Robert L. Sandstrom
Session Chair: Frank J. Giannone|Alternate Chair: Lisa M. Marshall
Session Chair: Jason Overstreet|Alternate Chair: Marlene Khalil
Panel
Session Chair: Michael L. Marler|Alternate Chair: David W. Helling
Session Chair: Patrick J. Berry|Alternate Chair: Frank J. Giannone
Session Chair: Douglas S. Batche|Alternate Chair: Pamela Aigner
Session Chair: Richard P. Coe|Alternate Chair: Jason D. Valtos
Session Chair: Richard Gayheart|Alternate Chair: Gerard O. Hildebrandt
Session Chair: David W. Helling|Alternate Chair: Raymond J. Dean
Session Chair: Robert L. Sandstrom|Alternate Chair: Douglas S. Batche
Session Chair: Lisa M. Marshall|Alternate Chair: Richard P. Coe
Session Chair: George E. Manaskie|Alternate Chair: Thomas S. Dean
Session Chair: Aaron Bergeron|Alternate Chair: Richard Gayheart
Session Chair: Juan J. Cortez|Alternate Chair: Lisa Edwards
Session Chair: Bei Liu|Alternate Chair: Patrick Berry
Session Chair: Henry T. Curry|Alternate Chair: Patrick J. Berry
Session Chair: Jason D. Valtos|Alternate Chair: Jason Overstreet
Session Chair: Gerard O. Hildebrandt|Alternate Chair: Michael L. Marler
Session Chair: Stephen Page|Alternate Chair: Bei Liu
