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Education, Training & Workforce Development
The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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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Commercial nuclear innovation "new space" age
In early 2006, a start-up company launched a small rocket from a tiny island in the Pacific. It exploded, showering the island with debris. A year later, a second launch attempt sent a rocket to space but failed to make orbit, burning up in the atmosphere. Another year brought a third attempt—and a third failure. The following month, in September 2008, the company used the last of its funds to launch a fourth rocket. It reached orbit, making history as the first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to do so.
Richard D. Reid (EPRI)
Proceedings | 16th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference (IHLRWM 2017) | Charlotte, NC, April 9-13, 2017 | Pages 952-962
Decommissioning of a nuclear power plant involves the safe disposition of a large quantity of radioactive, hazardous and conventional waste. A number of nuclear power plant decommissioning projects have been completed or are nearing completion in the US, Germany and Spain. These projects have used various waste disposal and interim storage options, and have developed successful methods for handling the large quantities of waste created by the decommissioning. Additionally, decommissioning projects in several Asian and European countries are in progress or are in the planning stages such that strategies for the handling of decommissioning waste are being developed and/or implemented to address the regulatory requirements and disposal options available in these countries. These experiences provide important lessons learned and successful strategies for the handling of waste from power plant decommissioning projects. As the handling and disposition of decommissioning waste have a substantial effect on power plant decommissioning cost, schedule and complexity, these lessons learned are valuable for planning future decommissioning projects.
