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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
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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Report spotlights energy sector’s growing nuclear investment
As part of a broader series on the future of global energy markets, S&P Global has released a report on examining the growing interest in nuclear power as the solution to many of the problems the energy sector faces.
To read the full details and conclusions of the report, click here.
Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024)
Brian Hunt is a Certified Health Physicist who has been supporting NNSA’s Consequence Management (CM) Program and the Federal Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC) at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico since 2008. Brian currently serves as a deployable responder, instructor, and as the Chair of the Interagency FRMAC Assessment Working Group, which is responsible for establishing Federal Government policy for implementing consistent, defensible, state-of-the-art radiological assessment methods for emergency response. Brian holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Nuclear Engineering from the University of New Mexico. He received his ABHP certification in 2009.
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