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Young Members Group
The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
Meeting Spotlight
Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2025)
May 4–8, 2025
Huntsville, AL|Huntsville Marriott and the Space & Rocket Center
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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U.S. nuclear capacity factors: Stability and energy dominance
Nuclear generation has inertia. Massive spinning turbines keep electricity flowing during grid disturbances. But nuclear generation also has a kind of inertia that isn’t governed by the laws of motion.
Starting—and then finishing—a power reactor construction project requires significant upfront effort and money, but once built a reactor can run for decades. Capacity factors of U.S. reactors have remained near 90 percent since the turn of the century, but it took more than a decade of improvements to reach that steady state. The payoff for nuclear investments is long-term and reliable.
June 24–28, 2012
Nuclear Science and Technology: Managing the Global Impact of Economic and Natural Events
Chicago, IL|Hyatt Regency Chicago
Online Pre-Registration is closed. Please register onsite. Thank You.
Program Chair:
Ray Klann (Argonne National Laboratory)
General Chair:
Amir Shahkarami (Senior VP, Exelon Generation)
Embedded Topical Meeting
Sue Aggarwal (President, NMNT International Inc.)
Pat Daly (General Manager, Zion Solutions)
Technical Program Chairs:
Jacob Eapen (Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University)
K. L. Murty (Professor, North Carolina State University)
Heather MacLean Chichester (Nuclear Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory)
General Chairs:
Lance Snead (Distinguished Research Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Todd Allen (Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Honorary Chairs:
Takuya Hattori (President, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc.)
Goon-Cherl Park (Professor, Seoul National University)
Susan R. Landahl (Chief Operating Officer and Senior VP, Exelon Nuclear)
Georges Serviere (Nuclear Advisor to the CEO, EDF)
Hernando A. Madronero (Senior Vice President, Nuclear Engineering, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Soon Heung Chang (President, KNS)
Kumiaki Moriya (Senior Chief Engineer, Hitachi GE Nuclear Energy)
Jean-Claude Gauthier (General Director, ENELA GmbH)
Program Chairs:
Luca Oriani (Manager, AP1000 Design Integration, Westinghouse Electric Company)
Sun Koo Kang (EVP, KOPEC)
Kyoichi Morimoto (Scientist, Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Frank O. Carre (Scientific Director, C. E. A. Nuclear Energy Division)
