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Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
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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Latest News
NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
General Chair:
Joseph Dominguez (President and Chief Executive Officer, Constellation)
Program Chair:
Sue Aggarwal (President & CEO, NMNTI)
Assistant Program Chair:
Jim Byrne (Byrne & Assoc.)
Student Program Cochairs:
Iza Lantgios (University of Pittsburgh)
Teddy Chu (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Organizer Biographies
General Chair
Joseph Dominguez is president and CEO of Constellation Energy, overseeing its nuclear, wind, solar, hydroelectric, and natural gas facilities in 19 states as well as its retail and commodities business, providing energy-related products and services to two million customers nationwide. Previously, he was CEO of ComEd, which powers the lives of more than four million residential and business customers in Illinois. Prior to this, Dominguez was executive vice president of governmental and regulatory affairs and public policy at Exelon, where he led federal, state, and regional governmental regulatory, and public-policy strategies. Earlier in his career, he was partner in the law firm of White and Williams. Dominguez is a former assistant US attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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