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Education, Training & Workforce Development
The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
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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First astatine-labeled compound shipped in the U.S.
The Department of Energy’s National Isotope Development Center (NIDC) on March 31 announced the successful long-distance shipment in the United States of a biologically active compound labeled with the medical radioisotope astatine-211 (At-211). Because previous shipments have included only the “bare” isotope, the NIDC has described the development as “unleashing medical innovation.”
Sunday, May 15, 2022|8:00AM–5:30PM EDT
Pointview
Problem Statement: Application of NEAMS tools to solve PBR equilibrium core and transient analysis
Outcome: Stakeholders learn the basics of how to use Griffin and Pronghorn for PBR transient analysis
Presenters:Javier Ortensi (INL)Paolo Balestra (INL)Sebastian Schunert (INL)TBD ()
Sunday May 15th
Preparation for training
Become familiar with on demand to move files from and to the INL HPC and to access the command line interface: https://hpcondemand.inl.gov/
Install ParaView:
ParaView is an open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization application. It works seamlessly with MOOSE exodus output files. It allows you to inspect your MOOSE results.
Download here https://www.paraview.org/download/.
(Optional) Install Atom: https://www.mooseframework.org/help/development/Atom_Editor.html