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Young Members Group
The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
Meeting Spotlight
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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Nuclear new build procurement considerations
It may seem counterintuitive, but the best time to enhance the ability to support operations and maintenance for a new plant is before construction starts. This is one of many lessons learned by the currently operating nuclear fleet. As construction and startup of many nuclear facilities was completed, it quickly became evident that the ability to efficiently support operations and maintenance was limited. Most of the information necessary to establish and manage procurement of spare and replacement items, maintenance, and configuration of the facilities was unavailable and had to be gathered on a case-by-case, “on-demand” basis. Absence of necessary information and the associated challenges resulted in the need for staff augmentation and multiyear-long projects to develop equipment bills of material and maintenance programs and to perform technical evaluations for the huge quantities of spare and replacement items being requested.
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
Technical Program Chair:
Elia Merzari (Penn State)
Assistant Program Chairs:
Dillon Shaver (ANL)
Emily Shemon (ANL)
Vaibhav Sinha (Ohio State)
Embedded Topical Meeting
This conference is the 14th in a series organized by ANS’s Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls Division (HFICD). Authors are invited to participate in the International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC & HMIT 2025). Sponsored by the American Nuclear Society (ANS), NPIC & HMIT is the de facto forum for nuclear instrumentation and control and human factors engineering professionals to meet with leaders in industry and academia, discover the state of the technology, exchange information, and discuss future directions. The conference welcomes the submission of full-length technical papers in I&C, human factors, cyber security, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, which will be peer reviewed and published as conference proceedings. Accepted papers must be presented at the conference to be included in the conference proceedings. Papers will be scheduled for either podium presentations or the student competition. SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT
General Chair:
Vivek Agarwal (Idaho National Laboratory)
Hyun Gook Kang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Instrumentation & Controls Technical Co-Chairs:
Xingang Zhao (University of Tennessee Knoxville)
Syed Bahauddin (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Human Factors Technical Co-Chairs:
Casey Robert Kovesdi (Idaho National Laboratory)
Niav Hughes Green (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Publications Chair:
Fan Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Since 1978, the ANS biennial topical conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) has been a worldwide forum for communication of major probabilistic risk and safety topics, including issues, methods, applications, insights, policy, research, and risk-informed regulation experience. The 19th PSA meeting, sponsored by the ANS Nuclear Installations Safety Division, will highlight the role of probabilistic methods in understanding uncertainties; improving the safety and security of the current nuclear facilities; and supporting the design, licensing, operation, and other riskinformed applications of the next generation of reactors. PSA 2025 is structured to foster interaction and collaboration across topic areas, leading to increased understanding and application of PSA in all phases of nuclear power plant design and operation. The use of PSA has continually increased over the last decade with reliance on PSAs and associated risk-informed applications at its highest point in nuclear industry history. SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT
Honorary Chair:
Karl N. Fleming (KNF Consulting Services LLC)
Rick Grantom (CRG LLC)
Program Chair:
Dave Grabaskas (Argonne National Laboratory)
