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The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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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.
The ANS Thermal Hydraulics Division established the Lawrence E. Hochreiter Graduate Scholarship in November 2018 for graduate students enrolled in a U.S. institution pursuing a Master's or a Ph.D. with the main focus on thermal-hydraulics as applied to nuclear energy.
One scholarship will be awarded to a graduate nuclear science/engineering major, with the desired emphasis on areas supporting thermal-hydraulics as applied to nuclear energy. These areas include, but are not limited to computational thermal-hydraulics, experimental thermal-hydraulics, two-phase flow and heat transfer, thermal-hydraulics of severe accidents, thermal-hydraulics of operating light water reactors, and thermal-hydraulics of advanced reactors.
Lawrence E. Hochreiter
Dr. Lawrence E. Hochreiter was employed at Westinghouse during the formative years of nuclear safety and later as a professor and mentor at Penn State University. At Westinghouse, he led the evaluation of safety issues for both Pressurized and Boiling Water Reactors and consulted with the Westinghouse Savannah River Company and the Westinghouse Naval Division. His collaboration partners included the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Electric Power Research Institute, Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory and many companies in the industry. He served in a direct role in nuclear industry’s more significant events, including the nuclear industry’s response to the 1972-1973 Emergency Core Cooling System Hearing, the 1979 Three Mile Island accident and the 1986 Chernobyl accident. In 1986, as an adjunct professor, Hochreiter began teaching graduate courses in the Penn State/Westinghouse mechanical engineering program. He joined Penn State's nuclear engineering department in 1997 as a professor of nuclear and mechanical engineering, teaching undergraduate and graduate students.
His research at the university focused on thermal-hydraulic modeling of nuclear power plants, reactor safety analysis, and experimental studies of two-phase flow and heat transfer. He created a state-of-the-art reflood heat transfer facility where Penn State graduate students carry out a variety of experiments in heat transfer, convective steam cooling, and steam cooling with droplet injection. Hochreiter received posthumously the Technical achievement award, the highest honor of THD, in 2008. Always a passionate teacher and mentor, he inspired a generation of THD leaders. As THD chair he spearheaded efforts that ultimately led to the establishment of this scholarship.
Thermal Hydraulics Division (THD)
A selection committee will be established by the Thermal Hydraulics Division
Graduate (Masters or Ph.D.)
1 awarded annually @ $3,500/each
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