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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.”
Friday, August 25, 2023|7:30AM–1:30PM EDT
Cost $45. Bus leaves from T Street exit, accessible from the Terrace Level.
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Visitors will tour the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operation Center and the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Center for Neutron Research. At the NRC Operations Center in Rockville, Maryland visitors will get to experience the inner workings of the NRC Operations Center, which serves as the coordination point for communicating with NRC licensees, State entities, and other Federal agencies about operating events in both the nuclear reactor and nuclear materials industries.
Entry to all NRC facilities requires screening of individuals and their belongings as well as valid photo ID (i.e., driver’s license or passport). Please note that masks are optional. Participants are not permitted to bring any large items (e.g., suitcases, luggage) or any electronic devices into the NRC Operations Center, and photography is strictly prohibited. We recommend that attendees bring only what they need to expedite entry. NRC staff will escort visitors for the duration of the tour.
The NIST Center for Neutron Research is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Its activities focus on providing neutron measurement capabilities to the U.S. research community. It is a national center for research using thermal and cold neutrons, offering its instrumentation for use by all qualified applicants. Many of its instruments rely on intense beams of cold neutrons emanating from an advanced liquid hydrogen moderator.
For entry to NIST US Citizens must fill out a visitor registration form 3 business days in advance, non-US citizens 35 calendar days in advance. US citizens must bring a drivers license or passport and non-US citizens must bring a passport and visa.
