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Division Spotlight
Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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US, Korea sign MOU for nuclear cooperation
The U.S. departments of Energy and State have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Republic of Korea’s ministries of Trade, Industry and Energy and of Foreign Affairs for the two nations to partner on nuclear exports and cooperation.
2023 ANS Student Conference Speaker
Mr. Jean-Pierre Cayol, M.Sc., Ph.D., is the Departmental Program Coordinator for the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In the past almost 30 years, Mr. Cayol held several research and development, technical and managerial positions at the IAEA, at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as well as in the private sector, in fields related to nuclear techniques in agriculture and health, management of technical assistance in the Middle East and management of operational projects in the field. He holds a PhD in Animal Biology, and he is, by education, a specialist of the Sterile Insect Technique, a nuclear technique applied to control insect pests of economic significance. He is the author of over 50 scientific publications.
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