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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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August 2025
Nuclear Technology
July 2025
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
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.
Honorary Chairs:
Forrest Brown (UNM/LANL ret.)
Anil Prinja (UNM)
General Chair:
Christopher Perfetti (University of New Mexico)
Technical Program Chairs:
Steven Hamilton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Kendra Long (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Paul Romano (Argonne National Laboratory)
Assistant Technical Program Chairs:
Helen Brooks (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority)
Aaron Olson (Sandia National Laboratory)
Sebastian Schunert (Radiant Industries, Inc.)
Xu Wu (North Carolina State University)
Student Program Chair:
Miriam Kreher (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Workshops Chair:
Xu Wu (NCSU)
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