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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Chernobyl at 40 years: Looking back at Nuclear News
Sunday, April 26, at 1:23 a.m. local time will mark 40 years since the most severe nuclear accident in history: the meltdown of Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union.
In the ensuing four decades, countless books, documentaries, articles, and conference sessions have examined Chernobyl’s history and impact from various angles. There is a similar abundance of outlooks in the archives of Nuclear News, where hundreds of scientists, advocates, critics, and politicians have shared their thoughts on Chernobyl over the years. Today, we will take a look at some highlights from the pages of NN to see how the story of Chernobyl evolved over the decades.
Innovations Student Competition
April 16, 2024|1:00–2:00PM (2:00–3:00PM EDT)
Available to All Users
The Innovations in Nuclear Energy Research & Development Student Competition (INSC) recognizes published graduate and undergraduate students. Through the award process, the INSC provides winning students with opportunities to present their published work to the broader nuclear energy community. This webinar serves as an opportunity for students who were unable to present at the ANS Winter Conference to show their work to a wider audience.
The webinar features the following two presentations:
Grayson Gall BioGrayson completed his Bachelor of Science in nuclear engineering with minors in computer programming and music studies at North Carolina State University (NCSU). He is continuing his education at NCSU with advisors Dr. Steven Shannon and Dr. Amanda Lietz. His research focusses on the development of computational plasma physics applications in the MOOSE framework. These tools will then be used to explore plasma material interactions in a variety of low temperature plasma applications and in the edge of fusion plasmas. In the future, Gall plans on continuing to expand the field of computational plasma physics through the development of opensource software that utilizes advanced methods and GPU acceleration.
Ezgi Gursel BioEzgi is a third-year PhD student at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is studying Industrial and Systems Engineering. She received her BS and MBA from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. She currently works as a Graduate Research Assistant. Her current research focuses on physics-informed anomaly detection and human error detection.