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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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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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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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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Chad J. Kiger (AMS)
Proceedings | Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technolgies (NPIC&HMIT 2019) | Orlando, FL, February 9-14, 2019 | Pages 1294-1303
Traditional wireless technologies are typically difficult and costly to implement in industrial environments such as nuclear power plants. Because the current implementation methodology is specific to individual wireless protocols such as LTE, Wi-Fi, WirelessHART, and ISA100, each family of wireless devices requires its own antennas, data collection nodes, and supporting infrastructure to move data from the field to a centralized monitoring point in the plant. Furthermore, keeping the system up-to-date often requires expensive overhauls to the electronics to keep up with rapidly changing wireless technologies. Due to increased plant demand for data intensive applications such as equipment condition monitoring, voice and video communication, and access to electronic work packages, nuclear power plants need the ability to upgrade their wireless backbone to handle increased data throughput while protecting against evolving cyber security threats. Distributed Antenna System (DAS) technology has the potential to address the obsolescence and infrastructure issues associated with traditional wireless implementations. A DAS uses a radiating cable and/or collection of antennas to provide wireless coverage to a large area including within and through metallic, concreate, and other objects. A research and development (R&D) project is being conducted to identify and resolve the challenges associated with the use of DAS technology in a nuclear power plant. These challenges include identifying the optimal system components and installation practices that should be used when implementing a DAS in a nuclear power plant to maximize performance, minimize EMI/RFI concerns, and address cyber security and other installation considerations. Furthermore, the R&D project is addressing the lack of wireless condition monitoring sensors capable of communicating over a DAS that meet the needs of the nuclear industry.