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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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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Latest News
Webinar: MC&A and safety in advanced reactors in focus
Towell
Russell
Prasad
The American Nuclear Society’s Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Division recently hosted a webinar on updating material control and accounting (MC&A) and security regulations for the evolving field of advanced reactors.
Moderator Shikha Prasad (CEO, Srijan LLC) was joined by two presenters, John Russell and Lester Towell, who looked at how regulations that were historically developed for traditional light water reactors will apply to the next generation of nuclear technology and what changes need to be made.
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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