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Division Spotlight
Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
Meeting Spotlight
2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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Nuclear new build procurement considerations
It may seem counterintuitive, but the best time to enhance the ability to support operations and maintenance for a new plant is before construction starts. This is one of many lessons learned by the currently operating nuclear fleet. As construction and startup of many nuclear facilities was completed, it quickly became evident that the ability to efficiently support operations and maintenance was limited. Most of the information necessary to establish and manage procurement of spare and replacement items, maintenance, and configuration of the facilities was unavailable and had to be gathered on a case-by-case, “on-demand†basis. Absence of necessary information and the associated challenges resulted in the need for staff augmentation and multiyear-long projects to develop equipment bills of material and maintenance programs and to perform technical evaluations for the huge quantities of spare and replacement items being requested.
Thank you to the following donors whose support helps further the Society’s mission to advance, foster, and spur the development and application of nuclear science, engineering, and technology to benefit society.
Walter J. Apley
Allen Brodsky
Kenneth M. Carr USN (Ret)
Alexander Cella
Barth W. Doroshuk
James L. Everett, III
Larry R. Foulke, in memory of Dr. William R. Kimel
Michael R. Fox
Abel A. Garcia
Ernest J. Harkness
Donald R. Hoffman
Gail H. Marcus
Thomas E. Mistler, in memory of Dr. William R. Kimel
Augustine N. Smith
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Lefteri H. Tsoukalas
Paul E. Benneche
Michaele C. Brady Raap
Gilbert J. Brown
Steven D. Clement
William F. Conway
Hon. W. Davis
E. Gail de Planque
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Joseph O. Erb
Patrick F. Ervin
Marvin R. Eshelman
James R. Felty
Charles A. Ford
Thomas E. Giebelhausen
John W. Hallam
Paul E. Hartnett
David K. Hayes
K. Hikido
Mark D. Hoover
Theodore J. Iltis
Viktor A. Ivanov
W. Reed Johnson
Daniel E. Kimble
Roy C. Kuhns, III
Alan E. Levin
Robert L. Long
James P. Malone
William D. Manly
Thomas P. McLaughlin
David L. Moses
Barbara A. Newsom, in honor of Mona Grimsley
Mary Jane Oestmann
M. Jack Ohanian
Neil A. Passman
Glenn D. Pierce
Milton F. Pravda
Ronald E. Reder
Marlin E. Remley
Kenneth R. Schultz
Richard R. Schultz
John D. Sieber
Thomas B. Silko
Ronald C. Stinson
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John J. Taylor
Joseph P. Verkamp
Charles W. Vincent
J. R. Walsh
Alvin M. Weinberg
Mary Gerry White
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