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Division Spotlight
Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
Meeting Spotlight
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Taking shape: Fusion energy ecosystems built with public-private partnerships
It’s possible to describe fusion in simple terms: heat and squeeze small atoms to get abundant clean energy. But there’s nothing simple about getting fusion ready for the grid.
Private developers, national lab and university researchers, suppliers, and end users working toward that goal are developing a range of complex technologies to reach fusion temperatures and pressures, confounded by science and technology gaps linked to plasma behavior; materials, diagnostics, and electronics for extreme environments; fuel cycle sustainability; and economics.
2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
Jack currently serves as the Director of Business Development for Lunar Surface Systems at Astrobotic, a private, employee-owned lunar technologies company. He is responsible for leading the strategy and sales execution of Astrobotic’s lunar surface power-, thermal- and mobility-as-a-service portfolio.
Previously, Jack worked as a Technical Program Manager at Apple developing go-to-market strategies for the entrance of Emergency SOS services to global iPhone users. Prior to that he worked on a number of DARPA and Space Force satellite constellations as a Deputy Program Manager at Airbus US, and Satellite Systems Engineer at SAIC and Lockheed Martin. A NASA Johnson Space Center Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program selectee, Jack experienced the joy of microgravity on a parabolic NASA flight while conducting novel research on biofuels.
Jack received his MBA from Harvard Business School where he specialized on emerging markets within the New Space and cis-lunar economies, co-authoring a case on the role of vertical integration in commercial space companies. Previously, he was funded by the US Air Force to study phenomena of plasma meta-materials, photonic crystals and ion propulsion technologies as a PhD student in Stanford University’s Plasma Physics Lab. During his undergraduate years, Jack was a visiting scholar at Cambridge University, Pembroke College, England, where he studied national security and technological innovation. An Outstanding Senior Award finalist, California Space Grant recipient, and AIAA Reuben H Fleet Scholar, Jack received a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.
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