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Young Members Group
The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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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Sam Altman steps down as Oklo board chair
Advanced nuclear company Oklo Inc. has new leadership for its board of directors as billionaire Sam Altman is stepping down from the position he has held since 2015. The move is meant to open new partnership opportunities with OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, and other artificial intelligence companies.
Guanghong Wang, Shiying He, Ge Gao, Peng Fu, Liansheng Huang
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 75 | Number 1 | January 2019 | Pages 81-87
Technical Note | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2018.1506625
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The poloidal field (PF) power supply is an important subsystem of the EAST (Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak as the device status detection and protection are essential. The PF power supply monitor system is based on the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System and the human machine interface is the Control System Studio (CSS). The alarm is a plugin of CSS, used to help operators take correct action at the correct time. This technical note creates the alarm system, including server, client, Java Message Service interface, and relational database and configures the alarm attribute and sets the action for all variables that may trigger the alarm. When the alarm is triggered, the system goes into fault mode, the alarm server sends mail or pops up a window automatically to prompt operators, and some actions may be executed automatically to protect the device. Then operators solve the fault according to the guidance and the system returns to normal, realizing device status monitoring and protection in real time. The EAST experiment shows the alarm system has better function and stable performance.
