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Division Spotlight
Young Members Group
The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
Meeting Spotlight
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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Nuclear fuel cycle reimagined: Powering the next frontiers from nuclear waste
In the fall of 2023, a small Zeno Power team accomplished a major feat: they demonstrated the first strontium-90 heat source in decades—and the first-ever by a commercial company.
Zeno Power worked with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to fabricate and validate this Z1 heat source design at the lab’s Radiochemical Processing Laboratory. The Z1 demonstration heralded renewed interest in developing radioisotope power system (RPS) technology. In early 2025, the heat source was disassembled, and the Sr-90 was returned to the U.S. Department of Energy for continued use.
General Chair:
Shaheen Dewji (Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology)
General Cochair:
Irina Popova (Nuclear Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Honorary Chairs:
Nolan Hertel (Georgia Tech)
Bernadette Kirk (ORNL Ret.)
Enrico Sartori (NEA, Ret.)
Program Chair:
Pedro Vaz (Principal Researcher, Instituto Superior Tecnico)
Program Cochairs:
Jeff Favorite (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Thomas Miller (ORNL)
Rui Qiu (Tsinghua University)
Exhibits and Sponsorship Committee Members:
Shaheen Dewji (Georgia Tech)
Bernadette Kirk (ORNL, ret.)
Workshops Chair:
Joel Risner (ORNL)
Student Chairs:
Andrew Rosenstrom (Georgia Tech)
Kathryn Bales (UT-San Antonio)
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Stefano Agosteo (Politecnico Milano, Italy)
Miltos Alamaniotis (UT-San Antonio, USA)
Peter Angelo (Y-12, USA)
John Bess (INL, USA)
Jean-François Bottollier Depois (IRSN, France)
David Broggio (IRSN, France)
Zhi Chen (USTC, China)
Douglas Di Julio (ESS, Sweden)
Cheikh Diop (CEA Saclay, France)
Eric Dumonteil (IRSN, France)
Adolfo Esposito (LNF, Italy)
Michael Fensin (LANL, USA)
Michele Ferenci (Penn State, USA)
Alfredo Ferrari (CERN, Switzerland)
Brian Franke (Sandia, USA)
Maria Grazia Pia (INFN Genova, Italy)
Rob Hayes (NC State, USA)
Jason Haverkamp (KAPL, USA)
Ser Gi Hong (KHU, South Korea)
Tatiana Ivanova (OCED NEA, France)
Jong Woon Kim (KAERI, South Korea)
Kyo-Youn Kim (KAERI, South Korea)
Soon Kim (LLNL, USA)
Ivo Kodeli (IJS, Sloveny)
Chikara Konno (JAEA, Japan)
Michal Kostal (CV Saclay, France)
Sigrid Kozielski (ESS, Sweden)
Joel Kulesza (LANL, USA)
Cheol-Woo Lee (KAERI, South Korea)
Hee-Seock Lee (PAL, South Korea)
Yi-Kang Lee (CEA Saclay, France)
Huanwen Lv (NPI, China)
Fadhel Malouch (CEA Saclay, France)
Davide Mancusi (CEA Saclay, France)
Vladimir Mares (Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Germany)
John Mattingly (NCSU, USA)
Kuo Men (NCI, China)
Gunter Muhrer (ESS, Sweden)
Wayne Newhauser (LSU, USA)
Pedro Ortega (Spain)
Chang Je Park (SJU, South Korea)
Pedro Manual Peixoto Teles (IST, Portugal)
Odile Petit (CEA Saclay, France)
Igor Remec (ORNL, USA)
Michael Rising (LANL, USA)
José Rodenas Diago (UPV, Spain)
Stefan Roesler (CERN, Switzerland)
Thomas Saller (LANL, USA)
Francesc Salvat (University of Barcelona, Spain)
Toshiya Sanami (KEK, Japan)
Valentina Santoro (ESS, Sweden)
Arkady Serikov (KIT, Germany)
Hyung Jin Shim (SNU, South Korea)
Chang Ho Shin (HYU, South Korea)
Prakash Shrestha (LANL, USA)
Marco Silari (CERN, Switzerland)
Youwu Su (IMP, China)
Jean-Christophe Sublet (IAEA, Austria)
Michele Sutton-Ferenci (Penn State, USA)
Francois Trompier (IRSN, France)
Shuichi Tsuda (OECD NEA, France)
Yoshitomo Uwamino (RIKEN, Japan)
Ali Haghighat (Virginia Tech, USA)
Gumersindo Verdu (UPV, Spain)
Vasilis Vlachoudis (CERN, Switzerland)
Qinbing Wang (IHEP, China)
Yican Wu (Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology, China)
Xiaobin Xia (SINAP, China)
X. George Xu (RPI, USA)
Demetri Zafiropoulos (LNL, Italy)
Luca Zanini (ESS, Sweden)
