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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
2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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Don’t get boxed in: Entergy CNO Kimberly Cook-Nelson shares her journey
Kimberly Cook-Nelson
For Kimberly Cook-Nelson, the path to the nuclear industry started with a couple of refrigerator boxes and cellophane paper. Her sixth-grade science project was inspired by her father, who worked at Seabrook power station in New Hampshire as a nuclear operator.
“I had two big refrigerator boxes I taped together. I cut the ‘primary operating system’ and the ‘secondary system’ out of them. Then I used different colored cellophane paper to show the pressurized water system versus the steam versus the cold cooling water,” Cook-Nelson said. “My dad got me those little replica pellets that I could pass out to people as they were going by at my science fair.”
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10:40AM–12:20PM EDT
Session Chair: Kendra Long
Session Chair: Jaakko Leppanen
Session Chair: Rodolfo Ferrer
Session Chair: Thomas M. Evans
1:20–3:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Richard Vasques
Session Chair: Tara Pandya
Session Chair: Mathew Cleveland
Session Chair: Kostadin Ivanov
3:30–5:10PM EDT
Session Chair: Todd Palmer
Session Chair: Thomas Brunner
Session Chair: Aaron Olson
Session Chair: David Griesheimer
5:30–7:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Katherine Royston
Session Chair: Yaqi Wang
Session Chair: William Wieselquist
Session Chair: Joshua Hykes
Session Chairs: Nicholas A. Gentile, Mathew Cleveland
Session Chair: Jean Ragusa
Session Chair: Adam Nelson
Session Chair: Sebastian Schunert
Session Chair: Terry Haut
Session Chair: James Warsa
Session Chair: Raffi Yessayan
Session Chair: Maria Avramova
Session Chair: Erin Davis
Session Chair: Jae Chang
Session Chair: Alex Long
8:30–10:10AM EDT
Session Chair: Scott Palmtag
Session Chair: Ryan McClarren
Session Chairs: Imre Pázsit, Anil Prinja
Session Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Chair: Xu Wu
Session Chair: Brendan Kochunas
Session Chair: Zeyun Wu
Session Chairs: Imre Pázsit, Anil K. Prinja
1:20–2:10PM EDT
Session Chair: Hany Abdel-Khalik
Session Chair: Changho Lee
Session Chair: Patrick Brantley
2:10–3:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Christophe Demaziere
Session Chair: Cory Hauck
Session Chair: Won Sik Yang
Session Chair: Agustin Abarca
Session Chair: Christophe Demazière
Session Chair: Bojan Petrovic
Session Chair: Benjamin Betzler
Session Chair: HyeongKae Park
Session Chair: Andrew Holcomb
Session Chair: Jason Hou
Session Chair: Robert Nourgaliev
Session Chair: Simone Santandrea
Session Chair: Matthew Jessee
