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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Going Nuclear: Notes from the officially unofficial book tour
I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
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Panel|Session Organizer: Maria Hernandez
Tuesday, August 11, 2020|12:00–1:30PM EDT
Panel|Session Organizer: David Heler
Tuesday, August 11, 2020|2:00–3:30PM EDT
Panel|Session Organizer: Tim Schlimpert
Tuesday, August 11, 2020|4:00–5:30PM EDT
Panel|Session Organizers: Lynne Goodman, Joe Carignan
Panel|Session Organizer: Gerry VanNoordennen
Panel|Cosponsored by Risk Management, Technology and Innovation|Session Chair: Mark Campagna
Panel|Session Chair: Pareez Golub
Panel|Session Chair: Ray Herb
Panel|Cosponsored by Executive/Leadership, Maintenance and Work Management|Session Organizers: Jon Anderson, Ray Herb, Pareez E. Golub
Panel|Session Organizer: Ken Thomas
Panel|Session Organizer: Craig Primer
Panel|Sponsored by Engineering and Equipment Reliability|Cosponsored by Executive/Leadership, Maintenance and Work Management|Session Organizers: Jon Anderson, Ray Herb, Pareez E. Golub
Panel|Session Chair: Jon Anderson
Panel|Sponsored by Performance Improvement|Cosponsored by Maintenance and Work Management|Session Organizers: Fred Lake, Jon Anderson, Kevin Rackley
Session Organizers: Roger Smith, Jim Ripple
Session Organizer: Bill Fry
Panel|Session Organizer: Bill Fry
Session Organizer: Bruce Hennigan
Panel|Sponsored by Technology and Innovation|Cosponsored by Operations/Ops Training|Session Organizer: Ken Thomas
Panel|Session Organizers: Fred Lake, Kevin Rackley
Panel|Cosponsored by Maintenance and Work Management|Session Organizers: Fred Lake, Jon Anderson, Kevin Rackley
Session Organizer: Greg Robison
Panel|Cosponsored by Risk Management|Session Organizer: Ken Lowery
Panel|Session Organizers: Amir Afzali, Brandon Chisholm
Panel|Session Organizer: Gene Kelly
Panel|Sponsored by Regulatory Relations|Cosponsored by Risk Management|Session Organizer: Ken Lowery
Panel|Sponsored by Decommissioning|Cosponsored by Risk Management, Technology and Innovation|Session Chair: Mark Campagna
Panel|Session Organizer: Adam Dow
Panel|Cosponsored by Operations/Ops Training|Session Organizer: Ken Thomas
