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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
2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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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Commercial nuclear innovation "new space" age
In early 2006, a start-up company launched a small rocket from a tiny island in the Pacific. It exploded, showering the island with debris. A year later, a second launch attempt sent a rocket to space but failed to make orbit, burning up in the atmosphere. Another year brought a third attempt—and a third failure. The following month, in September 2008, the company used the last of its funds to launch a fourth rocket. It reached orbit, making history as the first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to do so.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Friday, December 3, 2021|10:00–11:45AM EST |Columbia 11
Session Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
Student Assistant:
Matthew Hageman
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Neutron Spectra and Correlation Coefficient Convergence When Designing a Microreactor Experiment with MCNP®/Whisper
10:05–10:25AM EST
Alexis Maldonado (LANL), Christopher M. Perfetti (Univ. of New Mexico), Holly R. Trellue (LANL), Mikaela e. Blood (LANL)
Paper
Testing of an Optical Fiber Based Gamma Thermometer in the Ohio State University Research Reactor
10:25–10:45AM EST
Anthony Birri (Ohio State Univ.), Joshua Jones (Ohio State Univ.), Thomas E. Blue (Ohio State Univ.)
The Current Status of the In-Core Testing Program for an Optical Fiber Based Gamma Thermometer at the Texas A&M University Research Reactor
10:45–11:05AM EST
J. Tyler Gates (Texas A&M Univ.), Noah Morton (Texas A&M Univ.), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (Texas A&M Univ.)
ACCRUE - An Integral Similarity Index in Support of Neutronic Model Validation
11:05–11:25AM EST
Jeongwon Seo (Purdue Univ.), Hany Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.), Aaron S. Epiney (INL)
Antineutrino-Based Machine Learning Analysis for Small Reactor Composition Verification
11:25–11:45AM EST
Matthew Dunbrack (Georgia Institute of Technology), Christopher Stewart (Univ. of California, Berkeley), Anna Erickson (Georgia Institute of Technology)
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