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Education, Training & Workforce Development
The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
Meeting Spotlight
International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver 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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Lisa Marshall discusses the future of nuclear education
ANS President Lisa Marshall recently sat down with Phil Zeringue, vice president of strategic partnerships at Nuclearn.ai to talk about the evolving state of education in the nuclear world.
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|1:00–2:50PM CDT|Senate A/B
Session Chair:
Susana Reyes
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Pierre-Clément A. Simon (INL)
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Multi-MJ Target Designs for Inertial Fusion Energy
1:00–1:25PM CDT
A.R. Christopherson (Xcimer Energy), C. Thomas (Laboratory for Laser Energetics), M. Schmitt (LANL), S. Reyes (Xcimer Energy), N. Alexander (General Atomics), C. Galloway (Xcimer Energy)
Paper
Challenging Common Assumptions of Thick-Wall Chamber Dynamics in Inertial Fusion Systems Using MOOSE
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Pierre-Clement A. Simon (INL), Mauricio E. Tano (INL), Nahom Habtemariam (TAMU), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Susana Reyes (Xcimer Energy)
Wetted Foam Target Production for IFE
1:50–2:10PM CDT
N. Alexander (General Atomics), J. Williams (General Atomics), G. Lovelace (General Atomics), W. Sweet (General Atomics), F. Elsner (General Atomics), A. Haid (General Atomics), M. Do (General Atomics), T. Nunn (General Atomics)
Development, Verification and Preliminary Validation of a Compressible Flow Solver for Modeling IFE Chambers
2:10–2:30PM CDT
N. Habtemariam (TAMU), C. Fiorina (TAMU), S. Reyes (Xcimer Energy)
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