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This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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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.”
November 19, 2021
We are hosting our second ANS Virtual Graduate School Fair on Friday, November 19, from 3:30 - 6:30 pm EST. The goal of the event is to help prepare the next generation of nuclear professionals and to keep early and seasoned experts at the top of their game!
The event is free and open to all. ANS members register here. Nonmembers register here. Not a member? Join today!
Click on the links below to access the virtual meeting rooms.
3:30 pmOpening remarks
3:45 pmMake your application pop!Lisa Marshall, NC State Director of OutreachLane Carasik, Virginia Commonwealth University facultyJeff King, Colorado School of Mines admissions committee member
4:15 pmWhat is it really like? Advice from current studentsAmanda Bachmann, University of Illinois, Urbana ChampaignPreston Dicks, Air Force Institute of TechnologyPriyanka Pandit, North Carolina State UniversityRobin Roper, University of IdahoKhiloni Shah, University of Texas at Austin
4:45 pmUniversity Breakout Sessions (access breakout sessions with links below)
Participating schools:
Air Force Institute of Technology, Department of Engineering PhysicsBoise State University, Micron School of Materials Science and EngineeringBrigham Young University, Department of Chemical EngineeringColorado School of Mines, Nuclear Science and Engineering ProgramIdaho State University, Department of Nuclear EngineeringKansas State University, Alan Levin Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering (Nuclear Engineering Program)MIT, Department of Nuclear Science and EngineeringNorth Carolina State University, Department of Nuclear EngineeringThe Ohio State University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nuclear Engineering Graduate ProgramOregon State University, School of Nuclear Science and EngineeringRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Nuclear Engineering DepartmentTexas A&M University, Department of Nuclear EngineeringUniversity of California Berkeley, Department of Nuclear EngineeringUniversity of Florida, Nuclear Engineering Program, Material Science and EngineeringUniversity of Idaho - Idaho Falls, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Industrial ManagementUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological EngineeringUniversity of Maryland, A. James Clark School of EngineeringUniversity of Massachusetts-Lowell, Nuclear Engineering ProgramUniversity of Michigan, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological SciencesUniversity of Nevada Las Vegas, Department of Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences\University of Nevada Las Vegas, Department of Mechanical Engineering (Nuclear Engineering program)University of Tennessee, Department of Nuclear EngineeringUniversity of Texas at Austin, Walker Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Utah, Nuclear Engineering ProgramUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Engineering PhysicsVirginia Commonwealth University, College of Engineering, Nuclear EngineeringVirginia Tech, Department of Mechanical Engineering
6:15 pmWhat's Next!Hear about the ANS College Series and learn about upcoming activities from the Student Section Committee and Young Members Group
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Questions?
Please contact Dan Goldberg with any questions about the Graduate School Fair.