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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.
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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Excelsior University student section awarded community education grant
The American Nuclear Society Student Section at Excelsior University in Albany, N.Y., was awarded a $5,000 grant from the ANS Student Section Strategic Fund initiative for its program, Empowering Tomorrow’s Nuclear Innovators: A Collaborative Approach to Nuclear Technology Education and Awareness.
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Sonoran 1
Session Chair:
Jung Rim
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Hyoung K. Lee
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Design for Safeguards -- Detector Array for Locating Isolated Radioactive Source
1:00–1:20PM MST
Bahram Nassersharif (Univ. Rhode Island), Michael Peters (Univ. Rhode Island), Carlos Casanova (Univ. Rhode Island), Jacqueline Schings (Univ. Rhode Island), Cameron Lavoie (Univ. Rhode Island), Cameron S. Goodwin (Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center)
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Space-Dependent Calculation of the Multiplicity Moments with Scattering
1:20–1:40PM MST
Imre Pázsit (Chalmers Univ. Technology), Victor Dykin (Chalmers Univ. Technology)
Metaheuristics Design of an Energy Tuning Assembly to Replace AmLi Source Within Active Well Coincidence Counter (AWCC)
1:40–2:00PM MST
Austin Williams (Univ. Tennessee., Knoxville), Sandra Bogetic (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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