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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.
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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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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.
ICRS 14/RPSD 2022 speaker
Jeff recently retired from Oak Ridge National Laboratory after a 42-year career dedicated to radiation transport methods development and applications primarily directed towards shielding design and national security missions. Jeff started his career in the Reactor Analysis Section of the Operations Division at ORNL in 1978 after receiving his BS degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK). He worked on his MS and PhD research as a UT Graduate Research Assistant at ORNL from 1978–1986, obtaining his ME in 1980, and PhD in 1987, both in Nuclear Engineering from UTK. He joined the Engineering Physics Division at ORNL as a research staff member in 1986. Over the course of his career at ORNL, Jeff functioned as a research and development staff member, a lead technical integrator, team leader, group leader, project/program manager, program developer/relationship manager, and retired as the Director of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) for the National Security Sciences Directorate.
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