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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.
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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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BREAKING NEWS: Trump issues executive orders to overhaul nuclear industry
The Trump administration issued four executive orders today aimed at boosting domestic nuclear deployment ahead of significant growth in projected energy demand in the coming decades.
During a live signing in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump called nuclear “a hot industry,” adding, “It’s a brilliant industry. [But] you’ve got to do it right. It’s become very safe and environmental.”
April 6–9, 2014
Charlotte, NC|The Westin Charlotte
The Westin Charlotte, located at 601 S. College Street, Charlotte, NC 28202, will be the location for the 2014 International Congress on the Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP), where all meeting activities and technical sessions will take place. The special room rate for the meeting is: $179.00/per night (single / double rate). Reservations can be made online at The Westin Charlotte To register by phone for a guest room call 866-837-4148. Attendees must identify themselves as part of the American Nuclear Society to receive the group rate.
Honorary Chairs:
Peter B. Lyons (Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, DOE)
Noël Camarcat (Special Advisor, Nuclear R&D and International Issues EDF Generation Division (EDF))
Takuya Hattori (President, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum)
Jong Kyung Kim (President, Korea Nuclear Society)
General Chairs:
Dhiaa M. Jamil (Senior Vice President, Duke Energy and President, Duke Nuclear Energy)
Françoise De Bois (VP Safety & Licensing, Products & Technology - Reactors & Services, (AREVA))
Kenji Umeda (General Manager, Nuclear Systems Engineering Department (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries))
Seok Cho (President & CEO, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.(KHNP))
Technical Program Chairs:
Travis W. Knight (Professor, University of South Carolina)
Frank Carré (Scientific Director of the Nuclear Energy Division, CEA)
Shinsuke Yamanaka (Associate Dean, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University)
Sun Koo Kang (Advisor, KEPCO E&C)
