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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Amazon provides update on its Washington project with X-energy
A year ago this month, Amazon led a $500 million investment in X-energy, alongside Citadel founder Ken Griffin, the University of Michigan, and other investors. In addition to that financing, Amazon pledged to support the development of an initial four-unit, 320-MW project with Energy Northwest in Washington state.
The Chicago-Great Lakes Section of the American Nuclear Society will provide two (2) annual scholarships to students pursuing nuclear engineering or a related field.
ANS Chicago - Great Lakes Local Section
A committee of the ANS Chicago - Great Lakes Local Section will select the award recipient. Discuss each topic fully and give specific examples. No specific weighting of each topic has been set for use in the application evaluation. All eligible students are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Undergraduate
2 awarded annually @ $1,000 for Community College/Trade and $2,000 for undergraduate
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