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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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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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Proving DRACO will deliver
The United States is now closer than it has been in over five decades to launching the first nuclear thermal rocket into space, thanks to DRACO—the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Orbit.
November 7–11, 2010
Nuclear Progress!
Las Vegas, Nevada|Riviera Hotel
Pre-registration is closed; please register onsite.
General Chair:
Alvin W. Trivelpiece (Consultant)
Assistant General Chair:
Raymond H. Gabaldon III (Sandia National Laboratories)
Technical Program Chair:
Dr. Charles R. (Chip) Martin (Senior Engineer, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board)
Assistant Program Chair:
Charlotta E. Sanders (Principal Nuclear Engineer, Westinghouse Electric Company)
Embedded Topical Meeting
Dr. Farrokh Najmabadi (Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of California-San Diego)
Program Chair:
Dr. Shahram S. Sharafat (Adjunct Professor of Enegineering, University of California- Los Angeles)
General Chairs:
Joseph Naser (Electric Power Research Institute)
John O'Hara (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Technical Program Chairs:
Alireza Haghighat (University of Florida)
Hash Hashemian (AMS Corporation)
Douglas Hill (AREVA NP)
Poong Hyun Seong (KAIST, Korea / KUSTAR, UAE)
Honorary Chair:
Dr. Peter Lyons (Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy)
J. David Robertson (University of Missouri Research Reactor Center)
General Co-Chairs:
Mauro Bonardi (Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy)
Robert W. Atcher (University of New Mexico, Bioscience Div)
Rolf Zeisler (National Institute of Standards and Technology)