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Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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A series of firsts delivers new Plant Vogtle units
Southern Nuclear was first when no one wanted to be.
The nuclear subsidiary of the century-old utility Southern Company, based in Atlanta, Ga., joined a pack of nuclear companies in the early 2000s—during what was then dubbed a “nuclear renaissanceâ€â€”bullish on plans for new large nuclear facilities and adding thousands of new carbon-free megawatts to the grid.
In 2008, Southern Nuclear applied for a combined construction and operating license (COL), positioning the company to receive the first such license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2012. Also in 2008, Southern became the first U.S. company to sign an engineering, procurement, and construction contract for a Generation III+ reactor. Southern chose Westinghouse’s AP1000 pressurized water reactor, which was certified by the NRC in December 2011.
Fast forward a dozen years—which saw dozens of setbacks and hundreds of successes—and Southern Nuclear and its stakeholders celebrated the completion of Vogtle Units 3 and 4: the first new commercial nuclear power construction project completed in the U.S. in more than 30 years.
Thank you to the following donors who each have contributed $5,000 or more to the American Nuclear Society throughout the years. Your invaluable support helps sustain our service to ANS members and the nuclear community.
Wayne L. Andrews, Jr.
Steven A. Arndt
Andrew S. Barritt
James W. Behrens
Edgar Berkey
Rita C. Bowser
Joe F. Colvin
Patrick F. Ervin
Vincent J. Esposito
Marvin S. Fertel
Abel A. Garcia
Tsahi Gozani
Eugene S. Grecheck
Theresa Hamlin
H.M. Hashemian
David K. Hayes
Donald R. Hoffman
Sushil C. Jain
W. Reed Johnson
John Landis
Harry Lawroski
Michael J. Lineberry
John R. Longenecker
Gail H. Marcus
Thomas P. McLaughlin
Thomas E. Mistler
Sherry A. Mitchell
Toshio Morita
R. Don Mothena
William L. Myers
William F. Naughton
E. Gail de Planque
Edward L. Quinn
Joseph J. Ruggiero
Stephen P. Schultz
William T. Sha
Arkal S. Shenoy
Rachel N. Slaybaugh
Kurt M. Taylor
Roger W. Tilbrook
Beverly Ann Tyreman
John C. Williams
Brian N. Woolweber
Loyd A. Wright
Natalie Ann Yonker
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.
Jacob W. Anderson
Joseph S. Armijo
Roy A. Axford
Stephen P. Bartold
Michael P. Blubaugh
Robert A. Borchert, Jr.
Keith F. Bullen
Diane M. Cato
Robert N. Coward
Mark David DeHart
Paul W. Dickson
Harold L. Dodds, Jr.
Audeen W. Fentiman
George F. Flanagan
Charles W. Forsberg
James (Vince) V. Gilbert
Margaret E. Harding
Paul E. Hartnett
Anthony Hechanova
James A. Hultz
John E. Kelly
Hugh Kendrick
Andrew C. Klein
Jacob M. Kulangara
Alan E. Levin
Phyllis M. Lovett
John C. Luxat
James P. Malone
Charles R. Martin
Thomas McCreless, Jr.
Corey K. McDaniel
Marc D. Miller
Edward I. Moses
Kevin R. O'Kula
Charles W. Pennington
Kenneth S. Petersen
Richard T. Purcell
Jimmy L. Rash
Joseph Y.R. Rashid
Luis A. Reyes
A. Edward Scherer
Loren C. Schmid
Don K. Schopfer
Ralph K. Schwartzbeck
John-David B. Seelig
Andrew O. Smetana
Charles A. Sparrow
Weston M. Stacey, Jr.
Rebecca L. Steinman
John G. Stevens
Rizwan Uddin
Luc G.G. Van Den Durpel
Edward G. Wallace
Michael J. Wallace
William Arthur Wharton, III
Adam A. Abraham
John M. Anderson
William C. Arcieri
Mark A. Bates
Mark B. Bezilla
Sama Bilbao y Leon
Ann S. Bisconti
Willis W. Bixby, Jr.
Bernard L. Bloch
Michael D. Bradley
Laural L. Briggs
Richard W. Brock
Forrest B. Brown
John C. Browne
Jeffrey A. Buczek
Barry L. Butterfield
Dan Gabriel Cacuci
Yoon I. Chang
Heather J.M. Chichester
David A. Costa
Max M. De Long
Rob Despain
Lawrence F. Drbal
Kenneth R. Epperson
Guy P. Estes
Kenneth A. Ewell
James R. Fancher
Thomas H. Fanning
Madeline A. Feltus
James R. Felty
Mark D. Flaherty
Larry R. Foulke
Luisa F. Hansen
J. Stephen Herring
Thomas J. Hickey
Angelina S. Howard
Michael C. Johnson
Timothy Johnson
Raymond J. Juzaitis
Andrew C. Kadak
Michael R. Kansler
William E. Kennedy, Jr.
Edward H. Klevans
Maria G. Korsnick
Jay F. Kunze
James A. Lake
Peter C. LeBlond
Walter B. Loewenstein
Ralph F. Lumb
Peter B. Lyons
Brian E. Mays
Roger J. McCandless
Thomas A. Mehlhorn
Eric L. Meils
John A. Miller
Steven J. Nathan
Eleodor M. Nichita
Kaichiro Odajima
Todd S. Palmer
Shawn D. Pautz
Robert F. Penn, Jr.
Kenneth J. Schrader
Ting-Leung Sham
Thomas B. Silko
Charles O. Slater
Sandra M. Sloan
David H. Smith
C. Thomas Snow
Russell E. Stachowski
Gale S F Voyles
Robert C. Webb
Carl E. Weber
Christopher M. Wiegand
Mark R. Winsor
Ann D. Winters
Andrew R. Wysong
Temi O. Adeyeye
Nusret S. Aksan
Allan Aldridge
Agustin Alonso
Ron M. Aryel
David L. Aumiller
Carla L. Barrett
James S. Baumstark
Curtis A. Beck
Paul E. Benneche
Frederick D. Benton
Sidney A. Bernsen
Charles F. Bisbee
J. Stewart Bland
Gilbert J. Brown
Arlen R. Brunsvold
Shelly L. Cabaniss-Tullis
James D. Callen
Douglas B. Chambers
Daniel L. Churchman
Paul Cloessner
Jeff Combs
Ryan W. Cook
Michael Thomas Coyle
Gwyneth Cravens
Bruce W. Crawford
Douglas C. Crawford
Richard C. Crowe
Thomas D. Curtis
Douglas A. Davis
Samuel J. Dechter
L. Walter Deitrich
Richard S. Denning
Harsh S. Desai
Paul T. Dickman
David C. Donovan
Michael A. Elliott
Joseph O. Erb
Bryan A. Erler
Paolo Errani
David R. Flomerfelt
Eric R. Frantz
Jesus M. Garcia Figueroa
Nicholas A. Gentile
K. Brad Gooden
Jason Frederick Grieser
Martin L. Grossbeck
David J. Grover, PE
Robert William Hess
Bruce A. Hilton
Greg H. Hobson
James P. Holloway
Donald R. Horn
John W. Houck
John R. Ireland
Robert M. Irwin
Revis W. James, III
Rolland P. Johnson
Thomas M. Jordan
Kenneth D. Keith, Jr.
Dale Klein
Ronald A. Knief
Dale E. Knutson
John F. Kotek
Rodney M. Krich
Ernestine M. Kuhr
Paul H. Lamberger
Richard C. Lanza
Eric A. Larson
David R. Lawson
Joy Leggett
Ellen Marie Leonard
Robert E. Lightle
Jean-Francois Lucchini
Arland L. MacKinney
Greg Mason
Ryan David McBride
Frank H. McDougall
John R. McGaha
Natalie Zaczek McIntosh
Michael V. McMahon
James G. Miller
Richard A. Moore
Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay
Joseph A. Murphy
Michael Natelson
Michael L. Nelson
Steven P. Nesbit
Steve J. Newing
Walter C. Nodean
Hidetoshi Okada
Earl M. Page
James W. Painter
John M. Palms
Damian Peko
Supathorn Phongikaroon
John W. Poston, Sr.
Marvin Raber
Brett D. Rampal
Ronald E. Reder
Ross Christopher Robinson
Paul C. Rohr
James W. Rowland
Glenn Rushworth
Sagid Salah
Paul Armando Sanchez
Laura Scheele
Kenneth R. Schultz
Roger C. Sit
John R. Smith
James L. Snelgrove
Finis H. Southworth
Herbert Spierling
David Stahl
Russell B. Starkey, Jr.
Daniel P. Stout
Xiaodong Sun
Joseph W. Talnagi
Timothy S. Teske
Nicholas William Thompson
Kamil Tucek
Richard J. Weader, II
Sontra Yim
Larry D. Young
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.
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy — $1,265,000
Dominion Generation
Duke Energy Corporation
Exelon Generation
Southern Nuclear
Christina A. Back
Andrew Klein
Christopher Ochynski
S. Christian Simonson, III
Boris Saitcevsky
Anonymous
ANS Operations & Power Division
ANS Accelerator Applications Division
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.
H.M. Hashemian (AMS Corporation)
Paul & Donna Amico, in memory of Robert T. "Bob" Liner
Andrew D. Hodgdon
Frances Marshall, in memory of Hans Loewen
ANS Thermal Hydraulics Division
ANS Isotopes & Radiation Division
ANS Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences Division
ANS Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division
ANS Mathematics & Computation Division
ANS Reactor Physics Division
ANS Fusion Energy Division
Thank you to the following donors whose contributions to ANS help support the annual operations of the Society, furthering our mission and important work.
Morgan Cox
Robert W. Peelle
Thank you to the following companies that have matched their employees’ contributions to ANS in support of the Society’s work.
Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
Duke Energy Foundation
Exelon Foundation
Thank you to the following donors for their lead support, honoring their commitment to ANS and to the nuclear field while helping to ensure the Society continues to advance nuclear science and technology.
William T. Sha — $20,000
With his lead Legacy Circle gift, William T. Sha continues his longstanding commitment to ANS. William joined the Society in 1964 and in 1984, he became an ANS Fellow, one of our highest honors. According to the Fellow nominating committee, William has “a distinguished record of achievement as the original thinker… of codes representing a quantum jump for advancing understanding of very complex physical processes.” Read more...
Eugene N. Cramer
An ANS member for nearly 60 years, Eugene Cramer founded the Emergency Communications Center for the San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station.
H. L. (Lee) Dodds, in honor of Pietro F. Pasqua
Still finding time to educate college students about nuclear energy, longtime ANS member H.L. (Lee) Dodds takes pride in guiding his students onto prosperous careers. Read more...
Vincent J. Esposito, in honor of R.A. Dannels
A 50-year member of ANS, Vincent J. Esposito has served on the Society’s committees and divisions, and spent a year as the ANS Congressional Fellow. Read more...
Hugh Kendrick, in honor of J.R. (Bob) Beyster
Longtime ANS member Hugh Kendrick impacted the nuclear field with his contributions to nuclear materials safeguards and nuclear nonproliferation, thanks to the mentor he honors with his gift, J.R. (Bob) Beyster. Read more...
Tom and Joan Mistler, in honor of William Kimel
Joining ANS in the early 1960s, Thomas Mistler spent his career at Westinghouse Electric Company where he helped lead innovation, global expansion, government relations, and customer service. Read more...
Lifetime member John W. Poston, Sr. has been part of the ANS family for more than 40 years. Read more...
An honorary life member, A. Edward Scherer has been an ANS member for more than 50 years. He is a participant of the Society’s Nuclear Installations Safety and Operations & Power professional divisions.
