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Division Spotlight
Education, Training & Workforce Development
The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
National Meeting
2020 ANS Annual Meeting
June 8–11, 2020
Online Virtual Meeting
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!
Latest Magazine Issues
May 2020
Jan 2020
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
June 2020
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
April 2020
Latest News
U.S. nuclear capacity factors: Resiliency and new realities
In the early years of the Nuclear News capacity factors survey, any factor over 70 was deemed excellent; any factor under 50 was considered poor. By that standard, all but two operating U.S. power reactors chalked up excellent performance during 2017–2019. A record 809.4 TWh of electricity was generated in the United States from nuclear energy in 2019, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), besting the record of 807.1 TWh set in 2018.
Nuclear News staff developed the capacity factors survey in the early 1980s as a way to identify the most productive reactors in an expanding fleet. Fleet improvement was the industry’s self-identified goal, but no one could anticipate the startlingly rapid pace of improvement, spurred by the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), which boosted fleetwide performance to highs that continue today.
March 15–19, 2020
ICAPP 2020 has cancelled due to Public Health and Safety Concerns with regards to the Covid-19 outbreak. New information will be posted to the website once confirmed.
Abu Dhabi, UAE
General Chairs:
Mohamed Chookah
Jacopo Buongiorno (Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Philip Beeley (Khalifa University of Science, Technol)
Program Chairs:
Youssef Shatilla (Prof. & Dean of Academic Programs, Masdar Institute of Science & Technology)
Travis Knight (Professor and Director, University of South Carolina)
