On September 17, the Purdue University American Nuclear Society Student Section (Purdue ANS) participated in the 2nd Annual Lugar Collegiate Energy Summit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Fifteen Purdue ANS members were among the 200 participants at this informative summit focused on the energy challenges facing the nation and energy security. Students attended workshops to learn how to run successful community programs about energy issues. Sen. Richard Lugar (R.,Ind.) gave a speech on energy options, and Purdue ANS members challenged him with questions about nuclear energy options.

The 24th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Blogs is up at Idaho Samizdat.  It features blog posts from the leading U.S. nuclear bloggers.  It is a roundup of featured content from the nation's leading pro-nuclear blogs. If you want to hear the voice of the nuclear renaissance, this is where you will find it.

The 20th Carnival of Green Business blogs is up at Triple Pundit! It is a roundup of featured content from the nation's green business blogs.  This week's Green Business Blog Carnival includes the ANS Nuclear Cafe entry on Nuclear and the Renewable Energy Standard.

The American Nuclear Society (ANS) will be participating on Saturday and Sunday, October 23-24, at the grand finale Expo of the USA Science & Engineering Festival, to be held on the National Mall, in Washington, D.C.

The November/December issue of Radwaste Solutions will soon be available electronically to ANS members. This issue includes the fifth annual Buyers Guide, which is a directory of companies that provide products or services that relate directly to work at Department of Energy cleanup and remediation sites and civilian decommissioning projects, as well as to radioactive waste management in both the utility and specialized nonpower/nongovernment segments of the nuclear industry. This year's Buyers Guide includes information on nearly 400 companies listed in more than 150 categories.

Notes & Updates from the ANS Professional Divisions

This is the weekly "best of" nuclear energy blogs. We hope you enjoy it.

Gail Marcus's new book, Nuclear Firsts: Milestones on the Road to Nuclear Power Development, is now available by visiting the online ANS Store.

The 21th Carnival of Nuclear Energy blogs is up at Next Big Future.  It is a roundup of featured content from the nation's pro-nuclear blogs.

If there's one lesson to be learned from recent elections, it's simply this:  every vote counts. Critical elections on the local, state, and even national levels can be won or lost over a very few votes.  The 2010 elections are already underway, and it's important that nuclear professionals do all that you can to participate and make your voice heard.

ANS sponsors or cosponsors the following upcoming meetings:

The 20th Carnival of Nuclear Energy blogs is up at Idaho Samizdat  It is a roundup of featured content from the nation's pro-nuclear blogs.

The September/October issue of Radwaste Solutions will soon be available electronically to ANS members. This issue includes the following three feature articles on environmental remediation:

The 19th Carnival of Nuclear Energy blogs is up at Brain Wang's Next Big Future.   It is a roundup of featured content from the nation's pro-nuclear blogs. 

American Nuclear Society (ANS) members can renew their memberships online via the ANS website -- click here to get started!

Notes & Updates from the ANS Professional Divisions

A roundup of interesting news from a growing group

The September issue of Nuclear News will be available electronically to ANS members on September 10. This issue includes:

Retired Entergy CEO Mike Kansler

Retired Entergy Nuclear CEO Mike Kansler garnered industry recognition at the 2010 American Nuclear Society's Utility Working Conference on August 9, 2010. Kansler, a 30-year industry veteran who served at Entergy for nearly a dozen years, received the Utility Leadership Award.  Given only to industry leaders, Kansler's achievements in his career earned him this national utility distinction.