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Division Spotlight
Education, Training & Workforce Development
The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
Meeting Spotlight
International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver 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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Sam Altman steps down as Oklo board chair
Advanced nuclear company Oklo Inc. has new leadership for its board of directors as billionaire Sam Altman is stepping down from the position he has held since 2015. The move is meant to open new partnership opportunities with OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, and other artificial intelligence companies.
2023 ANS WINTER CONFERENCE AND EXPO
Tabitha Dodson is the Program Manager in the DARPA Tactical Technology Office for the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. She came to DARPA to create the DRACO program in 2018 five years ago. Dr Dodson has a PhD in Applied Physics from the Air Force Institute of Technology and a PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from George Washington University, where she did her theses in nuclear thermal rocket fuel and nuclear radiation effects. Dr Dodson also has a Masters from GW from the Space Policy Institute and a bachelors degree in Physics. She has worked as an Adjunct professor in both the US Naval Academy and the Air Force Institute of Technology teaching orbital mechanics, space power and aerospace propulsion, injecting nuclear-space technologies. She has held a variety of senior and leadership positions in previous space missions with the US Air Force and has past experience at NASA Marshall fabricating and testing nuclear thermal rocket fuel.
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