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Division Spotlight
Young Members Group
The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
Meeting Spotlight
2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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Nuclear new build procurement considerations
It may seem counterintuitive, but the best time to enhance the ability to support operations and maintenance for a new plant is before construction starts. This is one of many lessons learned by the currently operating nuclear fleet. As construction and startup of many nuclear facilities was completed, it quickly became evident that the ability to efficiently support operations and maintenance was limited. Most of the information necessary to establish and manage procurement of spare and replacement items, maintenance, and configuration of the facilities was unavailable and had to be gathered on a case-by-case, “on-demand” basis. Absence of necessary information and the associated challenges resulted in the need for staff augmentation and multiyear-long projects to develop equipment bills of material and maintenance programs and to perform technical evaluations for the huge quantities of spare and replacement items being requested.
To find or confirm your session time, use the Search the Program box in the Technical Sessions program. You can search by your name.
Familiarize yourself with the Speaker Information
Contact the speakers in your session before the conference to introduce yourself and to be available for any questions from the speakers. For paper sessions, you can access speakers’ email addresses via the meeting platform. Your administrative rights in the meeting platform will be activated upon your registration for the conference. Under your name in the left-hand navigation bar of the meeting platform, click the Manage Your Sessions link. On the session page, scroll to the bottom of the page. Under Reports is a Presenting Author link. Note that the Presenting Author report is a download and does not open automatically in a new window.
Emphasize to presenters that they need to bring their slides on a USB drive and should set up back-ups, as described in the Speaker Information.
If a speaker tells you before the conference they cannot use USB drives, make alternate arrangements. This could include transferring the slides to you via Manage Your Papers (for the presenter) and Manage Your Sessions (for the session chair) on the meeting platform. Both you and the speaker need to be registered for the conference to make a transfer using the meeting platform. If you are bringing speakers’ slides to the conference, you will need to put them on a USB drive. If you are not able to use a USB drive, ask the speaker to upload their slides to the meeting platform and then contact epsr@ans.org for additional guidance.
Panel Session Chairs: Please 1) remind the panelists in your session that they need to be registered for the conference to participate as a panelist and 2) communicate all panel details/plans to the panelists. If needed, you can find the email addresses of panelists by using Manage Your Sessions and clicking on a panelist’s name.
With your session-chair administrative rights in the meeting platform, you can add or modify a session description, add or modify session officials, and add attachments.
Before the meeting, please familiarize yourself with ANS’s Session Chair Guidelines: Paper Sessions and Panel Sessions .
Speakers will show slides by using USB drives with the conference-provided laptop. Session chairs and speakers cannot use their own laptops; the conference-provided laptop must be used. Suggest to presenters that they email the slides to themselves and upload them to the meeting platform as back-ups.
Speakers know to check in with you in your session room at least 15 minutes before the start of your session. They may present you with brief biographical information to aid in your introductions. Or, before the conference, you can ask speakers to provide you with brief bios for introductions.
Assist presenters in keeping track of their time so that presentations do not run over. Please do not rearrange the order of the presentations in your session.
If your session is in the first morning timeslot, a session sign will be placed by the room approximately 20 minutes before the session begins. For all other timeslots, the session sign will be in place.
Start your session with a quick introduction.
If you have a no-show, hold that time slot, and do not move ahead. Consider prompting discussion about the session’s topic to fill the time and to encourage attendees to remain in the room.
Inform ANS Registration/Help Desk of any no-shows in your session or you can email epsr@ans.org to report no-shows.
Remind attendees who request Professional Development Hours (PDHs) that they must complete the in-app session survey.
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