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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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Demolition work continues near former Hanford processing facility
Workers with the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company recently demolished the Reduction Oxidation Plant, one of five former plutonium production facilities at the Hanford Site in Washington state.
Educational Session|Panel|Workforce Development/Challenges
Tuesday, August 9, 2022|3:30–5:00PM EDT|Calusa 8-9
Track Organizer:
Bruce Hennigan (Constellation)
Knowledge Manager:
John Mobley IV (Iowa State University)
Many utilities are experiencing large numbers of new to nuclear hires and rapid progression and promotion of employees within their organizations as we experience higher levels of employee attrition. This session will explore multiple approaches to developing our supervisors and managers and leveraging training to provide technical related content to improve plant knowledge and developmental courses to improve leadership skills and maintain a strong organization through these personnel changes.
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