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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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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Commercial nuclear innovation "new space" age
In early 2006, a start-up company launched a small rocket from a tiny island in the Pacific. It exploded, showering the island with debris. A year later, a second launch attempt sent a rocket to space but failed to make orbit, burning up in the atmosphere. Another year brought a third attempt—and a third failure. The following month, in September 2008, the company used the last of its funds to launch a fourth rocket. It reached orbit, making history as the first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to do so.
2023 CONTE Virtual Meeting Plenary Session Speaker
Mike Sovinsky is currently the Deputy Chief of the Training Branch in the Flight Operations Directorate at NASA Johnson Space Center. His branch oversees the training to prepare astronauts on the missions to the International Space Station (ISS) and the Artemis missions heading back to the moon. They also conduct the high-fidelity simulations to perform the assessments for flight controller certifications to perform their duties in the Mission Control Center (MCC).
Additionally, Mike is the Chair of the International Training Control Board. This board contains members from the Russian, Japanese, European and Canadian Space Agencies that discusses and decides the overall strategic plan to achieve successful training of the astronauts and flight controllers as they train around the world.
Mike has a master and bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University. He has written a total of one journal article. He lives in League City, Texas with his wife Terra and two children, Ella and Tyler.
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