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Division Spotlight
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.
Meeting Spotlight
2027 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
October 31–November 4, 2027
Washington, DC|The Westin Washington, DC 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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Latest News
Supreme Court rules against Texas in interim storage case
The Supreme Court voted 6–3 against Texas and a group of landowners today in a case involving the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing of a consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, reversing a decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to grant the state and landowners Fasken Land and Minerals (Fasken) standing to challenge the license.
The Community College and Trade School Scholarship is for students in a two-year program planning a career in nuclear science, nuclear engineering, or a nuclear-related field and enrolled or planning to enroll in a college or university located in the United States (or its territories), but need not be U.S. citizens.
Examples of two-year programs include (but are not limited to): Nuclear Medicine Technology, Nuclear Engineering Technologies, Nuclear Power Technology, Radiation Therapy, Radiation Protection, Radiologic Technology and skilled labor (carpentry, electronics, welding, heavy equipment operators, etc.).
American Nuclear Society
A selection committee will be established by the Scholarship Policy and Coordination Committee
Community College/Trade School
Up to four (4) award annually @ $2,500/each
For students who have a greater than normal financial need
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