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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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ECA warns of delay to DOE’s interpretation of HLW
The Energy Communities Alliance (ECA), which advocates for communities adjacent to or impacted by Department of Energy sites, is asking the department to conduct an independent analysis evaluating the impacts of delaying the implementation of its statutory interpretation of high-level radioactive waste, which holds that some waste from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel may be classified as non-HLW.
October 14, 2023|1:00–5:00PM PST|San Diego, CA
American Nuclear Society presents Oliver Stone’s “Nuclear Now, Time to Look Again”
FREE screening: Director Oliver Stone passionately presents the possibility of halting climate change through the power of nuclear energy.
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Following film screening, panel discussion featuring experts:
This event is presented by ANS in partnership with the Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy.
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