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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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State legislation: Illinois bill aims to lift state’s remaining nuclear moratorium
A bill that would fully repeal the state’s entire moratorium on new nuclear projects survived a key deadline in the Illinois General Assembly last week.
To stay afloat in the spring legislative session, bills needed to be assigned to committee by March 21, and state Sen. Sue Rezin’s Senate Bill 1527 now sits with the Senate’s Energy and Public Utilities committee for review.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Banyan C
Session Chair:
Travis W. Knight
Alternate Chair:
Justin Watson
Session Organizer:
Lisa M. Marshall
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Stochastic Projections of U.S. Nuclear Power Industry to Identify Workforce Needs
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Saman Marandi (Univ. Maryland), Ziyue Liu (Univ. Maryland), Michelle T. Bensi (Univ. Maryland), Mohammad Modarres (Univ. Maryland)
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Generation IV International Forum -- Knowledge Management and Knowledge Preservation: An Initiative from the Education and Training Working Group
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Patricia Paviet (PNNL)
Development of an Online Graduate Certificate for Nuclear Safeguards and Security
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Daniel LaBrier (Idaho State), Kathy Araújo (Boise State), Matthew Bernards (Univ. Idaho)
Leveraging Behavior Sciences in the Nuclear Industry to Improve Worker Performance
2:00–2:10PM PDT
Amanda Lee Chamberlain Cobb (South Texas Project), Scott Anthony Grones (South Texas Project)
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