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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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General Kenneth Nichols and the Manhattan Project
Nichols
The Oak Ridger has published the latest in a series of articles about General Kenneth D. Nichols, the Manhattan Project, and the 1954 Atomic Energy Act. The series has been produced by Nichols’ grandniece Barbara Rogers Scollin and Oak Ridge (Tenn.) city historian David Ray Smith. Gen. Nichols (1907–2000) was the district engineer for the Manhattan Engineer District during the Manhattan Project.
As Smith and Scollin explain, Nichols “had supervision of the research and development connected with, and the design, construction, and operation of, all plants required to produce plutonium-239 and uranium-235, including the construction of the towns of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Richland, Washington. The responsibility of his position was massive as he oversaw a workforce of both military and civilian personnel of approximately 125,000; his Oak Ridge office became the center of the wartime atomic energy’s activities.”
October 21, 2022
Online
The third annual ANS Virtual Graduate School Fair took place on Friday, October 21. The goal of the event was to help prepare the next generation of nuclear professionals and to keep early and seasoned experts at the top of their game/
View the presentation slides from the event.
Agenda (all times EDT)
3:30 pmOpening Remarks
3:45 pmMake your application pop!Lisa Marshall, NC State Director of OutreachLane Carasik, Virginia Commonwealth University facultyJeff King, Colorado School of Mines admissions committee member
4:15 pmWhat is it really like?Advice from current students:Khaldoon Al-Dawood, North Carolina State UniversityAmanda Bachmann, University of Illinois, Urbana ChampaignVictoria Hagopian, Penn State University
4:45 pmUniversity Breakout Sessions
Participating Schools
6:15 pmWhat's Next!Hear about the ANS College Series and learn about upcoming activities from the Student Section Committee and Young Members Group
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Please contact Dan Goldberg with any questions.