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Division Spotlight
Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences
The mission of the Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences (DES) Division is to promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the use of nuclear energy and the optimal management and stewardship of the environment, sustainable development, decommissioning, remediation, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear-related installations, and sites. The target audience for this effort is the membership of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.
Meeting Spotlight
2027 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
October 31–November 4, 2027
Washington, DC|The Westin Washington, DC Downtown
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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Disney World should have gone nuclear
There is extra significance to the American Nuclear Society holding its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, this past week. That’s because in 1967, the state of Florida passed a law allowing Disney World to build a nuclear power plant.
Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024)
Sean Fournier is a nuclear engineer in the Sandia National Laboratories Nuclear Incident Response Program (NIRP). He received his MS in Nuclear Engineering from the University of New Mexico in 2018. Sean started his career in 2010 working in the radiochemistry laboratory at Sandia. Sean has participated in several inter-agency working groups on nuclear incident response preparedness; most notably, the Department of Energy’s Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC) Laboratory Analysis Working Group. This group is responsible for determining the methods, procedures, and training for sample control and analysis during a national-scale nuclear emergency. Sean is the current skillset leader for the Consequence Management Laboratory Analysis Unit and works toward maintaining readiness of the responders and the technology used by the team.
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