Statement from Craig Piercy, CEO and Executive Director of the American Nuclear Society, on the Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act:
Congress votes on Price-Anderson Act extension
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Federal appropriations bills include $212 million hike in nuclear funding
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Venue, date changed for ANS’s Annual Conference
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NRC seeks comments on new fee schedule for FY 2024
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U.S. must become “world leader in nuclear power” again
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ANS members encouraged to apply for 2025 Congressional fellowship
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Nuclear News introduces the inaugural 40 under 40 list
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2024 candidates for ANS leadership positions give statements
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Remembering ANS Past President Joseph Hendrie
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COP28: American Nuclear Society applauds historic nuclear pledge by the U.S. and 21 countries
U.S.-endorsed declaration commits to tripling the world’s nuclear energy capacity by 2050
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Statement from American Nuclear Society (ANS) Executive Director and CEO Craig Piercy on the launching of the “Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy” by the...