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Optimizing Maintenance Strategies in Power Generation: Embracing Predictive and Preventive Approaches
Contractors at the Department of Energy’s Paducah Site teamed up recently to highlight career opportunities available at the site during the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce WKY (West Kentucky) Launch Experience.
Idaho cleanup contractor funds local STEAM learning
The Idaho Environmental Coalition (IEC) has provided funding to 15 classrooms in southeastern Idaho to support local educators and encourage the next generation of workers to pursue technical...
Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station: Not the reactor you may be thinking of
The Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station that is the subject of this article is not the CANDU reactor that operated in Ontario from 1966 to 1984. This one was a proposed nuclear power...
Poneman interview covers range of nuclear issues
The Harvard Gazette recently featured an interview with Daniel Poneman, former president and chief executive officer of Centrus Energy and former deputy secretary of energy. In the interview,...
2024: The Year in Nuclear—July through September
Another calendar year has passed. Before heading too far into 2025, let’s look back at what happened in 2024 in the nuclear community. In today's post, compiled from Nuclear News and Nuclear...
Jay F. Kunze—ANS member since 1960
We welcome ANS members with long careers in the community to submit their own stories so that the personal history of nuclear power can be captured. For information on submitting your stories,...
Saluting a new generation of nuclear leaders
This month’s Nuclear News features our inaugural 40 Under 40 list of the brightest rising stars in the nuclear field.The time has clearly come for this feature. The current resurgence of...
Several questions loom after federal and state elections: What does the future hold for nuclear science and technology? Will there be a shift in direction? How do we continue and expand our...
DOE-EM awards $2.3B Portsmouth/Paducah contract
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has awarded a $2.3 billion operations and site mission support services contract for the Portsmouth Paducah Project Office...
October 11, 1954: The founding of ANS
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the American Nuclear Society.Plenty of sources incorrectly list our birthday, but the reality is that October 11, 1954, is the correct...
WSJ highlights current workforce challenges; signs are hopeful
A new article in the Wall Street Journal focuses on the problematic confluence of three developments: a declining number of young people pursuing nuclear engineering, an aging nuclear...