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Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
Meeting Spotlight
ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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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Norway’s Halden reactor takes first step toward decommissioning
The government of Norway has granted the transfer of the Halden research reactor from the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) to the state agency Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND). The 25-MWt Halden boiling water reactor operated from 1958 to 2018 and was used in the research of nuclear fuel, reactor internals, plant procedures and monitoring, and human factors.
Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS-2024) Plenary SPeaker
Anastasia (Stacy) Mclaughlin is the Senior Director for Science, Technology, and Engineering Programs within the Weapons Production Directorate (ALDWP) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The Laboratory is a principal contributor to the United States Department of Energy mission to maintain the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile. LANL uses innovative science, technology, and engineering to enhance global nuclear security and protect the world. Los Alamos has an annual operating budget of approximately $3.9 billion, roughly 14,100 employees, and a 40-square-mile site featuring some of the most specialized scientific equipment and supporting infrastructure in the world.
As Senior Director, Stacy leads the non-defense nuclear programs within ALDWP to support national security and deep space endeavors. These programs provide world-class services in nuclear material research, process, and technology development and manufacturing capabilities that support nuclear non-proliferation, plutonium-238 science, manufacturing for NASA and Americium recovery occurring at the Los Alamos’s Plutonium Facility.
Stacy has over 25-years of technical and management experience working throughout the DOE/NNSA weapons complex in program and line management, quality engineering, non-destructive plutonium assay, plutonium processing and engineering, and hazardous waste management. She began her laboratory career as an undergraduate student at LANL in 1994, becoming a consultant, then a technical staff member, and advancing through multiple national security management positions to her present position.
Stacy earned a bachelor’s of science in Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Riverside, and a master’s of engineering in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Mexico.
Stacy is a native New Mexican, born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She enjoys sports including skiing and swimming and watching her four children compete in a variety of sports. She is an avid reader and enjoys hiking.
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