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Conference Spotlight
2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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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Shifting the paradigm of supply chain
Chad Wolf
When I began my nuclear career, I was coached up in the nuclear energy culture of the day to “run silent, run deep,” a mindset rooted in the U.S. Navy’s submarine philosophy. That was the norm—until Fukushima.
The nuclear renaissance that many had envisioned hit a wall. The focus shifted from expansion to survival. Many utility communications efforts pivoted from silence to broadcast, showcasing nuclear energy’s elegance and reliability. Nevertheless, despite being clean baseload 24/7 power that delivered a 90 percent capacity factor or higher, nuclear energy was painted as risky and expensive (alongside energy policies and incentives that favored renewables).
Economics became a driving force threatening to shutter nuclear power. The Delivering the Nuclear Promise initiative launched in 2015 challenged the industry to sustain high performance yet cut costs by up to 30 percent.
ANS Chicago and Michigan-Ohio Section Event
February 15, 2024|6:00–7:00PM (7:00–8:00PM EST)
Available to All Users
The ANS Chicago and Michigan-Ohio Sections invite you to hear presentations from advanced-degree students within their sections. Featured presentations and speakers include:
Fault Tree Analysis of an Innovative Thermal Power Dispatch System for Nuclear Power PlantsVinicius Zanardo Rodrigues, PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University
A Radical New Approach to Etching Plasma Diagnostics: Measuring Fluorine RadicalsJeremy Mettler, MSc Candidate, Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Development of Tapered Specimens for Accelerated Ion Irradiation Creep Testing of 316SSMackenzie Warwick, PhD Candidate, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, The University of Michigan
