The Curiosity rover (Click to enlarge/Photo: NASA)

The January issue of Nuclear News magazine is available in hard copy and electronically for American Nuclear Society members (must enter ANS user name and password in Member Center). The issue contains the following stories:

This post is the collective voice of blogs with legendary names which emerge each week to tell the story of nuclear energy.

It's time to welcome the next generation of nuclear scientists, engineers, artisans, technicians, health professionals, and the myriad other nuclear experts of the future-and celebrate our remarkable nuclear science and technology achievements to date-with National Nuclear Science Week, January 23-27, 2012!

The 86th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers is up

A so-called scientific article issued on December 19 by Joseph Mangano and Janette Sherman purports that an estimated 14,000 excess deaths in the United States are linked to the radioactive fallout from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors in Japan. The article, published in the International Journal of Health Services, is available by clicking here.

The 85th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers is up at:

The 84th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers is up  Atomic Power Review

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted unanimously on December 22 in favor of publishing the final certification rule for Westinghouse's AP1000 reactor design, instructing the agency's staff to forward the final rule, which amends Appendix D of 10 CFR Part 52, for publication in the Federal Register, expected by January 5.

Sixty years ago on December 20, scientists and engineers in Arco, Idaho,

The December issue of Nuclear News magazine, which contains a special section on instrumentation and control, is available in hard copy and electronically for American Nuclear Society members (must enter ANS user name and password in Member Center). The special section contains the following stories:

ReActions is an information resource newsletter from the American Nuclear Society for teachers interested in the nuclear sciences. The new December issue highlights the upcoming National Nuclear Science Week (January 23-27) -along with online information sources for teachers using National Nuclear Science Week events to enhance classroom learning.

A continuing series from pro-nuclear blogs in North America

American Nuclear Society scholarship applications for the 2012-2013 academic year are now online! Since ANS was established in 1954, it has promoted the awareness and understanding of nuclear science and technology (NS&T). To further that mission, ANS administers scholarships each year that support the development and education of those who will research and implement future applications of NS&T.

The 82nd Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers is up : Nuclear Clean Air Energy

On Monday, December 5, American Nuclear Society president Eric Loewen visited the ANS Eastern Carolinas Section.

The View from the Panel

Fermi reactor concept - image courtesy of Will Davis at Atomic Power Review

The 81st edition is up at Idaho Samizdat.

On December 2 in 1942, Enrico Fermi, Leo Szilard, and their colleagues achieved the first man-made, sustained, controlled nuclear chain reaction-in a squash court beneath the football grandstand of the University of Chicago's Stagg Field. That event occurred 69 years ago today!