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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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“Trailblazer” Hanford engineer Wanda Munn passes away
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Nuclear engineer and longtime ANS member Wanda Munn died on July 23 at the age of 93. Described as a “trailblazer for women [and] an outspoken advocate for the peaceful use of nuclear technology” in her Tri-City (Wash.) Herald obituary, Munn followed a unique path to her nuclear engineering career. She did not get her degree until she was 46, and she subsequently spent 18 years working on systems design, construction, and operation of the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) reactor for Westinghouse at the Hanford nuclear site in eastern Washington state.
Nontraditional student: Munn was born in 1931. She graduated high school early, at age 16, and started to pursue a medical degree. However, those plans changed when she married at age 18. By her early 40s, she was divorced and working as a secretary in a university nuclear engineering department when she decided to return to school to get a nuclear engineering degree.
May 19, 2021|12:00–1:00PM (1:00–2:00PM EDT)
Available to All Users
Help us celebrate the launch of our newest virtual field trip and learn how ANS has helped reach more than 1.5 million K-12 students through Navigating Nuclear: Energizing Our World. This special event includes a viewing of our latest virtual field trip, Nuclear Frontiers: Powering Possibility. Launched May 6, 2021, the video explores the amazing ways that nuclear science is fueling earthly innovation and deep space exploration.
Following the viewing, ANS President Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar was joined by several special guests, including some of the key participants in Nuclear Frontiers, for a brief Q&A.
Panelists
• Melinda Higgins, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy
• Franklin Chang-Diaz, NASA Hall of Fame astronaut; CEO, Ad Astra Rocket Company
• Candace Davison, Assistant Director for Education and Outreach, Radiation Science and Engineering Center, Penn State University
• David Poston, Chief Reactor Designer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Moderator
• Dr. Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, ANS President 2020-2021
