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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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NRC nominee Nieh commits to independent safety mission
During a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing today, Ho Nieh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as a commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was urged to maintain the agency’s independence regardless of political pressure from the Trump administration.
The William R. and Mila Kimel Undergraduate Engineering Scholarship was established in November of 2003, through an endowment from the William R. Kimel Trust for undergraduates pursuing a degree in nuclear engineering.
Dr. William R. Kimel was President of the American Nuclear Society in 1978–1979. He was the Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri - Columbia from 1969-1986.
American Nuclear Society
A selection committee will be established by the Scholarship Policy and Coordination Committee.
Undergraduate
Up to four (4) awarded annually @ 2,000/each
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