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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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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.”
Plenary Session
Saturday, April 6, 2024|8:00–9:50AM EDT|Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub Room 603
Session Chair:
Martin Nieto-Perez (Penn State University)
Speakers
Dr. Martin Nieto-PerezAssociate Teaching ProfessorKen and Mary Alice Department of Nuclear Engineering
Dr. Arturo DominguezHead of Science EducationPrinceton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Dr. Lane CarasikAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringVirginia Commonwealth University
Dr. Lauren Garrison Senior Materials Scientist Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Over the past decade, there has been growing interest in fusion energy research from private companies in a push to commercialize the technology. These private companies are increasingly supplementing university and national laboratory research to help realize fusion's potential as a clean and abundant energy source in the future. It can be argued that this is one of the most exciting times to be involved in fusion energy research as a result! Please join our plenary panelists as they provide an overview of the contributions that private companies, government labs, and academic institutions are making toward fusion energy research. They will also discuss as areas of collaboration between private companies, governments, and academia, all in the pursuit of the state of fusion!
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