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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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Don’t get boxed in: Entergy CNO Kimberly Cook-Nelson shares her journey
Kimberly Cook-Nelson
For Kimberly Cook-Nelson, the path to the nuclear industry started with a couple of refrigerator boxes and cellophane paper. Her sixth-grade science project was inspired by her father, who worked at Seabrook power station in New Hampshire as a nuclear operator.
“I had two big refrigerator boxes I taped together. I cut the ‘primary operating system’ and the ‘secondary system’ out of them. Then I used different colored cellophane paper to show the pressurized water system versus the steam versus the cold cooling water,” Cook-Nelson said. “My dad got me those little replica pellets that I could pass out to people as they were going by at my science fair.”
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Panel|Banyan 1
Monday, August 8, 2022|10:30AM–12:00PM EDT
Monday, August 8, 2022|1:30–3:00PM EDT
Monday, August 8, 2022|3:30–5:00PM EDT
Tuesday, August 9, 2022|10:30AM–12:00PM EDT
Tuesday, August 9, 2022|1:30–3:00PM EDT
Tuesday, August 9, 2022|3:30–5:00PM EDT
Wednesday, August 10, 2022|10:30AM–12:00PM EDT
Panel|Calusa 10
Panel|Banyan 3|Session Chair: Mark Campagna
Panel|Banyan 3|Session Organizer: Ken Lowery
Panel|Banyan 3|Session Chair: Jason Remer
Panel|Banyan 3|Session Chair: Michael Frankle
Panel|Banyan 3|Session Chair: Bill Rosko
Panel|Banyan 3|Session Chair: Ken Lowery
Panel|Calusa 8-9
Panel|Calusa 8-9|Session Chair: Frank Nelms
Panel|Banyan 2|Session Chair: Bill Eckes
Panel|Banyan 2|Session Chair: Emmett Wilmes
Panel|Banyan 2|Session Chair: Tim Schlimpert
Panel|Banyan 2|Session Chair: Jason Lanier
Panel|Banyan 2|Session Chair: Ray Herb
Panel|Banyan 2
Panel|Calusa 11-12
Panel|Calusa 11-12|Session Chair: Lori Brady
Panel|Calusa 11-12|Session Chair: James Hettel
Panel|Calusa 11-12|Session Chairs: James Hettel, Marty Ingels
Panel|Calusa 11-12|Session Chairs: LeAnn Soderquist, James Hettel
Panel|Calusa 11-12|Session Chair: LeAnn Soderquist
