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Division Spotlight
Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
Meeting Spotlight
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2022)
August 7–10, 2022
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!
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Carbon value: Lifetime extensions of nuclear reactors could save billions in climate mitigation costs
On the road to achieving net-zero by midcentury, low- or no-carbon energy sources that slash carbon dioxide emissions are critical weapons. Nevertheless, the role of nuclear energy—the single largest source of carbon-free electricity—remains uncertain.
Nuclear energy, which provides 20 percent of the electricity in the United States, has been a constant, reliable, carbon-free source for nearly 50 years. But our fleet of nuclear reactors is aging, with more than half of the 92 operating reactors across 29 states at or over 40 years old—the length of the original operating licenses issued to the power plants. While some reactors have been retired prematurely, there are two options for those that remain: retire them or renew their license.
November 20, 2020
We hosted our first-ever ANS Virtual Graduate School Fair on November 20 to help prepare the next generation of nuclear professionals and to keep early and seasoned experts at the top of their game!
Nuclear Engineering Graduate School Admissions Information for Spring and Fall 2021
3:30 pmOpening remarks
3:45 pmMake your application pop!
Lisa Marshall, NC State recruiter/adviserLane Carasik, Virginia Commonwealth University facultyJeff King, Colorado School of Mines admissions committee member
4:15 pmWhat is it really like? Advice from current students
Kelley Verner, University of IdahoCharlyne Smith, University of FloridaJeremy Mettler, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMario Mendoza, Texas A&M University
4:45 pmUniversity Breakout Sessions
Participating schools:
Colorado School of MinesMITNorth Carolina State UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityOregon State UniversityPenn State UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTexas A&M UniversityUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of FloridaUniversity of IdahoUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of MichiganUniversity of New MexicoUniversity of Tennessee - KnoxvilleUniversity of Wisconsin - MadisonVirginia Commonwealth UniversityVirginia Tech
6:15 pmWhat's Next!
Hear about the ANS College Series and learn about upcoming activities from the Student Section Committee and Young Members Group
Questions
Please contact Dan Goldberg with any questions about the Graduate School Fair.
