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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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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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New work for old FLiBe? DOE considers reuse of molten salt reactor coolant
FLiBe—a mixture of lithium fluoride and beryllium fluoride—is not an off-the-shelf commodity. The Department of Energy suspects that researchers and reactor developers may have a use for the 2,000 kilograms of fluoride-based salt that once ran through the secondary coolant loop of the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
UWC 2022 speaker
As Westinghouse’s Vice President of Long-Term Operations (LTO), Sonya collaborates with utilities throughout the world to ensure safe, reliable, and profitable plant operability beyond the original design basis. She is responsible for integrating solutions, leveraging the collective creativity and insights of the owner’s group, and driving the use of digitalization to modernize operations.
Prior to her current role, Sonya served for nearly ten years in Westinghouse’s account management organization, in various leadership roles, eventually as Region Vice President, where she was intimately involved with fuel and component supply, challenging engineering scopes, instrumentation and controls upgrades, outage services and first-of-a-kind technology development and delivery.
Sonya’s Westinghouse career includes leadership positions in Corporate Strategy, partnership development, product management and contracting. During her tenure as Product Manager, Steam Generator Services, she commercialized seven new products.
In Westinghouse’s New Plant business, Sonya completed an intensive training program in Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing principles. Thereafter, she led diverse teams involved with the first AP1000 contract, before becoming the manager of continuous improvement.
Sonya built a strong foundation of serving the needs of plant operators, beginning twenty-five years ago, as a Board-Certified safety engineer. She supported routine outage services as well as large-scale field projects such as chemical cleaning, steam generator sleeving, split pin, reactor vessel head replacements and 10-year in-service inspections.
Sonya holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, is a Six Sigma Black Belt, and is a graduate of Duquesne University’s Executive Leadership and Harvard Business Review’s High Potential programs.
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