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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.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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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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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.”
Technical Session|Solution and Gas Phase Chemistry
Thursday, September 12, 2024|4:20–5:40PM EDT|Colonial Ballroom
Session Chair:
Rebecca Carter (SRNL)
Alternate Chair:
Kiel S. Holliday
Session Organizer:
Jason R. Jeffries
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Structure and Stability of Plutonium Hexanuclear Cluster in the Gas Phase and in Solution
4:20–4:40PM EDT
D. Guillaumont (CEA), C. Tamain (CEA), G. Chupin (CEA), L. Berthon (CEA), T. Dumas (CEA), P. Moisy (CEA)
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Computational Fluid Dynamics Study on the Mixing Flow and Precipitation of Pu Oxalate
4:40–5:00PM EDT
Eric Hoar (SRNL), Lindsay Roy (SRNL), Kai Han (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)
Probing the Effects of Self-irradiation on Plutonium Oxalates
5:00–5:20PM EDT
Elodia Ciprian (Univ. Notre Dame), Bryan J. Foley (SRNL), Thomas Shehee (SRNL), Amy E. Hixon (Univ. Notre Dame)
Fundamental Science of Pu: How a new Radiological Lab is Helping Shed new Light on Actinide Research Around LANL
5:20–5:40PM EDT
Paul H. Tobash (LANL), Greta L. Chappell (LANL), W. Adam Phelan (LANL), David C. Arellano (LANL), Derek V. Prada (LANL), Jeremy N. Mitchell (LANL), Neil Harrison (LANL), Matt Janish (LANL), Miles Beaux (LANL), Eric Bauer (LANL)
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