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Division Spotlight
Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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.
Amani A. Al Hosani
Jacob W. Anderson
Wayne L. Andrews, Jr.
Joseph S. Armijo
Steven A. Arndt
Derek N. Bass
Edgar Berkey
Carmen I. Bigles
Michael P. Blubaugh
Rita C. Bowser
Jack S. Brenizer, Jr.
Anthony R. Buhl
Keith F. Bullen
Wilbur L. Bunch
Dan G. Cacuci
Kenneth M. Carr
Diane M. Cato
Philip R. Clark
Richard M. Collins
Joe F. Colvin
John L. Davenport
Wesley R. Deason
Dennis DeMoss
Rob Despain
Paul W. Dickson, Jr.
Samuel C. Dominey, Jr.
Robert M. Edwards
Patrick F. Ervin
Audeen W. Fentiman
Marvin S. Fertel
Patricia D. Galloway
Abel A. Garcia
Tsahi Gozani
Eugene S. Grecheck
Roxy Gwynn
Margaret E. Harding
H. M. Hashemian
David K. Hayes
Anthony Hechanova
Donald R. Hoffman
Calvin M. Hopper
Sushil C. Jain
W. Reed Johnson
Raymond J. Juzaitis
Mujid S. Kazimi
Hugh Kendrick
William E. Kennedy, Jr.
Jacob M. Kulangara
Harry Lawroski
Alan E. Levin
Mimi H. Limbach
John R. Longenecker
V. Patricia Lougheed
John C. Luxat
Michael D. Lyster
Gail H. Marcus
Corey K. McDaniel
Thomas P. McLaughlin
Eric L. Meils
Thomas E. Mistler
Frederick J. Mizell, Jr.
William L. Myers
Kent Ross Novatny
Gary L. Parkey
Charles W. Pennington
Kenneth S. Petersen
John W. Poston, Sr.
Edward L. Quinn
Jimmy L. Rash
Caroline A. Reda
E. James Reinsch
Luis A. Reyes
Kenneth C. Rogers
Charles T. Rombough
Don K. Schopfer
Stephen P. Schultz
Andrew O. Smetana
Charles A. Sparrow
Jorge Spitalnik
John G. Stevens
Henry Eric Stone
Kurt M. Taylor
Roger W. Tilbrook
Peter J. Vescovi
Gale S.F. Voyles
Michael J. Wallace
William Arthur Wharton, III
John C. Williams
Brian N. Woolweber
Natalie Ann Yonker
Nusret S. Aksan
Robert W. Albrecht
Kevin Alldred
John M. Anderson
Clark J. Artaud
Charles W. Bagnal, Jr.
Mark A. Bates
Frederick D. Benton
Sidney A. Bernsen
Carol L. Berrigan
Joseph J. Bevelacqua
Sama Bilbao y Leon
J. Stewart Bland
John C. Blomgren
Thomas Edward Booth
Robert A. Borchert, Jr.
Thomas E. Bostrom
James R. Boyd
Michael D. Bradley
Michaele C. Brady Raap
Richard W. Brock
Gilbert J. Brown
John C. Browne
Jeffrey A. Buczek
Michael E. Button
Kendall Bingham Cady
Soon Heung Chang
Yoon I. Chang
Nam Zin Cho
Abraham Clearfield
Steven D. Clement
Carl W. Connell, Jr.
Richard R. Connolly
Russell G. Coon
Alan B. Cox
Morgan Cox
Thomas D. Curtis
Samuel J. Dechter
Richard S. Denning
Nils J. Diaz
Thomas W. Doering
Lawrence F. Drbal
Jay E. Durham
Juliann Edwards
Geoffrey R. Egan
Richard Ehrenreich
Juan Eibenschutz
Geoffrey Eichholz
Joseph O. Erb
Vincent J. Esposito
Guy P. Estes
Julie G. Ezold
James R. Fancher
Thomas H. Fanning
Paul D. Felsher
Madeline A. Feltus
James R. Felty
Larry R. Foulke
James E. Frank
K. Michael Goff
Katherin L. Goluoglu
K. Brad Gooden
Kevin T. Gray
Andrew R. Griffith
Ivan Grosz
Dealis W. Gwyn
Luisa F. Hansen
Charles H. Hansford
Paul E. Hartnett
Philip B. Hemmig
J. Stephen Herring
Jerry E. Hicks
Bruce A. Hilton
Yasou Hirose
William R. Hollaway
Donald R. Horn
Angelina S. Howard
John R. Ireland
Ralph M. Jacobs
Stanley J. Jefferson
Jeffrey D.E. Jeffries
Baard J. Johansen
Barclay G. Jones
James K. Joosten, Jr.
Daniel E. Kimble
Anton F. Kitz
Anthony F. Kluk
Ernestine M. Kuhr
Richard H. Lagdon, Jr.
Peter C. LeBlond
Stanley H. Levinson
Robert E. Lightle
Peter R. Lobner
Phyllis M. Lovett
Ralph F. Lumb
Thomas A. Lynch
James P. Malone
Frances M. Marshall
Frank H. McDougall
Stephen H. McInnis
William J. McTigue
Robert V. Meghreblian
George H. Miley
William R. Mills
Mohammad Modarres
David L. Mohre, Jr.
Jimmy B. Morgan
Toshio Morita
Kurshad Muftuoglu
Kevin J. Mulligan
L. Manning Muntzing
K. Linga Murty
Michael Natelson
Steven J. Nathan
Kevin R. O'Kula
Kaichiro Odajima
Shawn D. Pautz
Robert F. Penn, Jr.
Patrick J. Pinhero
W. David Pointer
Trent R. Powers
William A. Pryor
Joseph Y. R. Rashid
Ronald E. Reder
Christa B. Reed
Michael K. Reed
Raymond F. Rugg
Thomas L. Sanders
A. Edward Scherer
Theodore R. Schmidt
Kenneth J. Schrader
Paul F. Schutt
Ralph K. Schwartzbeck
William T. Sha
Stephen H. Shepherd
Steven M. Short
Thomas B. Silko
Mike S. Singh
Sandra M. Sloan
C. Thomas Snow
Herbert Spierling
Weston M. Stacey, Jr.
Russell E. Stachowski
Ronald C. Stinson
Joseph W. Talnagi
Robert J. Taylor, Jr.
Marvin Tetenbaum
Christopher L. Thomas
Neil E. Todreas
Todd J. Urbatsch
Eric N. Van Abel
Jan B. Van Erp
Edward G. Wallace
Raymond C. Wang
Robert C. Webb
Rolf E. Westgard
Paul P. Wilson
Mark R. Winsor
X. George Xu
Boris L. Zhuikov
Thank you to the following donors whose contributions support the Center’s education and outreach efforts that inform, engage, and inspire audiences across the country, including educators, students and the public.
Yousry Y. Azmy
John W. Brister, Jr.
Sandra Dulla
Ralph U. Elwell
George F. Flanagan
Sedat Goluoglu
Hans David Gougar
James E. Hopf
Larry W. Luckett
William R. Martin
Nancy L. Ranek
S. Christian Simonson, III
Nicholas William Thompson
Tinh Tran
Ann D. Winters
Nuclear Energy Institute
Thank you to the following donors whose contributions help provide the financial resources needed for undergraduate and graduate students to begin or continue their academic studies within a variety of nuclear fields.
Beverly Ann Tyreman
Toni Bishop
Paul J. Amico
Robert Apthorpe
Kristin L. Bennett
Andrew M. Casella
Douglas C. Crawford
Weston M. Cundiff
Brett J. Dooies
Jordan Hagaman
Warren E. Keene
Karen Corzine Kelley
Bernadette L. Kirk
Cornelius Milmoe
Scott L. Pfeffer
Ralph J. Reda
John Phillip Sharpe
Glen A. Watford
Serkan Yilmaz
Thank you to the following donors whose contributions to ANS help support the annual operations of the Society, furthering our mission and important work.
Thank you to the following companies that have matched their employees’ contributions to ANS in support of the Society’s work.
Duke Energy Foundation
GE Foundation
GE United Way Campaign