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Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences
The mission of the Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences (DES) Division is to promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the use of nuclear energy and the optimal management and stewardship of the environment, sustainable development, decommissioning, remediation, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear-related installations, and sites. The target audience for this effort is the membership of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.
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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.”
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10:30AM–12:00PM EDT
Panel|Banyan 3|Sponsored by Supply Chain Challenges & Opportunities
Panel|Calusa 11/12|Sponsored by Cost Reduction Opportunities
Session Chair: Frank Nelms
Panel|Banyan 1|Sponsored by Innovation Roles for Nuclear
Session Chairs: Tim Crook, Bill Rosko
Panel|Calusa 8|Sponsored by Workforce Development
Session Chairs: Ray Hruby, Brian Greene, Bruce Hennigan
Panel|Banyan 2|Sponsored by Plant Reliability
Session Chair: Pete Arthur
Panel|Calusa 9|Sponsored by Nuclear HR and Working Group Community Practices
Session Chairs: Juan Panduro, Michelle Gilchrist
Panel|Calusa 10|Sponsored by Nuclear HR and Working Group Community Practices
1:30–3:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Bruce Morgen
Session Chairs: Jason Remer, Frank Nelms, Mikayla Florez
Session Chair: Pareez Golub
3:30–5:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Jason Remer
Session Chairs: Mikayla Florez, Michael Frankle
Session Chairs: Bruce Hennigan, Ray Hruby, Brian Greene
Session Chairs: Maria Hernandez, Tim Schlimpert
Session Chairs: Ray Herb, Pareez Golub
Session Chairs: Bruce Hennigan, Brian Greene, Ray Hruby
Session Chair: Mark Campagna
Session Chairs: Jason Remer, Bill Rosko
Session Chairs: Dan Churchman, Brian Greene, Ray Hruby, Bruce Hennigan
Session Chairs: Colton Smith, Wale Adeyinka
Session Chairs: Mark Campagna, Tim Crook
Session Chairs: Brian Greene, Ray Hruby, Bruce Hennigan
