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Division Spotlight
Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
Meeting Spotlight
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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Countering the nuclear workforce shortage narrative
James Chamberlain, director of the Nuclear, Utilities, and Energy Sector at Rullion, has declared that the nuclear industry will not have workforce challenges going forward. “It’s time to challenge the scarcity narrative,” he wrote in a recent online article. “Nuclear isn't short of talent; it’s short of imagination in how it attracts, trains, and supports the workforce of the future.”
June 13–17, 2010
Nuclear Science and Technology - The Right Fit. The Right Time
San Diego, CA|Town & Country Hotel & Resort
Pre-registration is now closed. Please register on-site.
Program Chair:
Dr. A. Kurshad Muftuoglu (GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
General Chair:
Ross T. Ridenoure (Southern California Edison)
Embedded Topical Meeting
Program Co-Chairs:
Dana A. Powers (Sandia National Laboratories)
J. Steven Herring (Idaho National Laboratory)
Dan R. Keuter (Retired, Entergy Nuclear)
Assistant Program Co-Chairs:
Ken Schultz (General Atomics)
Kevin R. O'Kula (URS Safety Management Solutions)
Program Chairs:
Dr. Heather J. MacLean (Idaho National Laboratory)
Dr. Wolfgang Hoffelner (RWH Consult Gmbh)
Dr. Pascal J. Yvon (CEA)
General Co-Chairs:
Dr. Todd R. Allen (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Dr. Lance L. Snead (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
General Chairs:
Goon-Cherl Park (Seoul National University)
Kiyoshi Okamura (Toshiba Corporation)
John R. McGaha (Chief Operating Officer -Designate, Enexus Energy, Inc.)
Jean Claude Gauthier (AREVA NP, France)
Izumi Kinoshita (CRIEPI)
Dr. Jacopo Buongiorno (Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Hark-Rho Kim (Vice-President, KAERI)
Frank Carre (CEA, France)
Honorary Chairs:
W. Pete Miller (Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy)
Takuya Hattori (JAIF)
Chang Sun Kang (Seoul National University)
Philippe Pradel (CEA, France)
