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Conference Spotlight
2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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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Disease-resistant cauliflower created through nuclear science
International Atomic Energy Agency researchers have helped scientists on the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius to develop a variety of cauliflower that is resistant to black rot disease. The cauliflower was developed through innovative radiation-induced plant-breeding techniques employed by the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture.
Honorary Chair:
John Wagner, Ph.D. (Laboratory Director, Idaho National Laboratory)
General Chair/PNC President:
Corey McDaniel, Ph.D. (Kiewit Nuclear Solutions)
Technical Program Chair:
Jess Gehin, Ph.D. (Idaho National Laboratory)
Net Zero Chair:
Jhansi Kandasamy
US Technical Program Chair:
Erin Searcy, Ph.D. (Idaho National Laboratory)
Finance / Marketing Chair:
Theresa Sutter (Curtiss-Wright)
Special Events:
Lori Braase (Idaho National Laboratory)
Technical Program:
Allison Ray, Ph.D. (Idaho National Laboratory)
Pacific Nuclear Council Members
American Nuclear Society (ANS)
Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ)
Australian Nuclear Association
Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS)
Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA)
Chinese Nuclear Society (CNS)
Himni
Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. (JAIF)
KAIF
Korean Nuclear Society (KNS)
Nuclear Energy Society: Taipei
Sociedad Nuclear Mexicana (SNM)
ANS Latin American Section
Vietnam Atomic Energy Society
Nuclear Society of Thailand
The Malaysian Nuclear Society (MNS)
US Nuclear Industry Council (USNIC)
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