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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
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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Colin Judge: Testing structural materials in Idaho’s newest hot cell facility
Idaho National Laboratory’s newest facility—the Sample Preparation Laboratory (SPL)—sits across the road from the Hot Fuel Examination Facility (HFEF), which started operating in 1975. SPL will host the first new hot cells at INL’s Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) in 50 years, giving INL researchers and partners new flexibility to test the structural properties of irradiated materials fresh from the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) or from a partner’s facility.
Materials meant to withstand extreme conditions in fission or fusion power plants must be tested under similar conditions and pushed past their breaking points so performance and limitations can be understood and improved. Once irradiated, materials samples can be cut down to size in SPL and packaged for testing in other facilities at INL or other national laboratories, commercial labs, or universities. But they can also be subjected to extreme thermal or corrosive conditions and mechanical testing right in SPL, explains Colin Judge, who, as INL’s division director for nuclear materials performance, oversees SPL and other facilities at the MFC.
SPL won’t go “hot” until January 2026, but Judge spoke with NN staff writer Susan Gallier about its capabilities as his team was moving instruments into the new facility.
August 4–7, 2024
Nuclear Momentum: Advancing Our Clean Energy Future
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
Opening Plenary: Force - Understanding the Forces Driving and Impacting the Advancement of our Clean Nuclear Energy Future
Part I: Monday, August 5, 8:00–9:00AM
Part II: Monday, August 5, 12:30–1:30PM
Christopher HansonNRC Chairman
Julie KozerackiUS Department of Energy Loan Programs Office
Sama Bilbao y LeónWorld Nuclear Association
Diane LeopoldDominion Energy
Tuesday, August 6,8:00–10:00AM
Lisa MarshallANS President 2024-2025
Jean Luc PalayerOrano, USA
Jeff WhittFramatome
Cameron MartinWestinghouse
Wednesday, August 7,8:00–10:00AM
The Honorable Annie CaputoU.S. NRC
Dr. Erin HendersonMicrosoft
Jeffrey OlsonKairos Power
Mark GakeBlack & Veatch
General ChairDoug LawrenceSenior Vice President Nuclear Operations and Fleet Performance Dominion Energy
Program ChairJames HollowayVice President Nuclear Engineering & Fleet SupportDominion Energy
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The Utility Working Conference (UWC) and Technology Expo is an annual gathering of the nuclear industry’s brightest minds and one of the industry's best collaborative forums for established and up-and-coming leaders alike to discuss, engage and learn about key developments, successes, opportunities and needs in the nuclear sector.
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