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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
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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El Salvador: Looking to nuclear
In 2022, El Salvador’s leadership decided to expand its modest, mostly hydro- and geothermal-based electricity system, which is supported by expensive imported natural gas and diesel generation. They chose to use advanced nuclear reactors, preferably fueled by thorium-based fuels, to power their civilian efforts. The choice of thorium was made to inform the world that the reactor program was for civilian purposes only, and so they chose a fuel that was plentiful, easy to source and work with, and not a proliferation risk.
To add or remove a session from your itinerary, please check the circle to the left of its title.
10:30AM–12:00PM EDT
Panel|Banyan 1|Supply Chain Challenges & Opportunities
Panel|Calusa 10|Cost Reduction Opportunities
Panel|Banyan 3|Innovation Roles for Nuclear
Session Chair: Mark Campagna
Panel|Calusa 8-9|Workforce Development/Challenges
Panel|Banyan 2|Plant Reliability
Session Chair: Bill Eckes
Panel|Calusa 11-12|Nuclear HR and Working Group Community Practices
1:30–3:00PM EDT
Session Organizer: Ken Lowery
Session Chair: Lori Brady
3:30–5:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Jason Remer
Session Chair: Frank Nelms
Session Chair: Emmett Wilmes
Session Chair: James Hettel
Session Chair: Michael Frankle
Session Chair: Tim Schlimpert
Session Chairs: James Hettel, Marty Ingels
Session Chair: Bill Rosko
Session Chair: Jason Lanier
Session Chairs: LeAnn Soderquist, James Hettel
Session Chair: Ken Lowery
Session Chair: Ray Herb
Session Chair: LeAnn Soderquist
