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Division Spotlight
Education, Training & Workforce Development
The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
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 moratoriums crumble around the world
The recent surge in positive sentiment about nuclear as the most viable answer to global energy needs and decarbonization goals has found governments around the world taking steps to reverse course on decades-old bans, moratoriums, and restrictions on new nuclear development.
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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