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Dry Ice Blasting: A Game-Changer for Safe Cleaning and Decontamination in Nuclear Power Plants
Our latest film at the ANS Friday Nuclear Matinee is an exciting one - the latest Vogtle Timeline update issued by Georgia Power, which was presented on December 9th. This award-winning series details the construction progress quarterly at one of the two US sites where brand new nuclear power plants are being built.
Editor's note: In an open letter written by Environmental Progress to President-Elect Donald Trump and Governor Rick Perry, ANS and 38 other nuclear professionals and organizations urged both leaders to take strong action to save and grow America's nuclear energy sector.
by Laura Scheele
by Will Davis reporting from the 2016 ANS Winter Meeting in Las Vegas
By Will Davis, reporting from the 2016 ANS Winter Meeting in Las Vegas
Installation of SPERT-II reactor vessel at National Reactor Testing Station, now Idaho National Laboratory. From IDO-16050, published 1959, in Will Davis library.
The history and lore surrounding the dozens of reactors constructed and operated at the Idaho National Laboratory could fill a book - and has filled at least one whole book and parts of many others. Today, at the American Nuclear Society's 2016 Winter Meeting a unique presentation was given in the early afternoon by Harold McFarlane, who retired after 44 years working with Argonne National Laboratory (which operated a number of the reactors built in Idaho.)
"How do we move nuclear energy into the future?" was the question asked and answered in a variety of ways during a fascinating speakers' session that followed this morning's opening plenary. Several expert speakers in a variety of fields provided frank and illuminating commentary on the condition of nuclear now, and on the things that have to change for nuclear energy to be vibrant in the decades to come.
Kicking off the American Nuclear Society's 2016 Winter Meeting (held at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas) was ANS President Dr. Andrew Klein's speech at the Opening Plenary, in which Dr. Klein expressed a bright vision for the future not just of ANS but of its members and their contributions.
By: Priyarshini Ghosh
by Gene Grecheck and Brett Rampal
Live streaming on Facebook from Nuclear Science Week 2016 Big Event! Enjoy today's "live" matinee.
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October brings many wonderful things each year, but of special interest to us is the annual National Nuclear Science Week (#NuclearSciWeek on social media) event which is intended to help everyone learn how nuclear science and technology works every day to improve their lives.
Klein: "We need to start somewhere"
At the ANS Annual Meeting in New Orleans in June, ANS President Andrew Klein introduced the Nuclear Grand Challenges project, which is aimed at understanding the technical challenges facing nuclear science and technology. To identify those challenges, ANS will be accepting ideas from members and the public from now until March 2017. Klein discussed with Nuclear News Associate Editor Tim Gregoire his goals for the project and how the final challenges will be chosen.
Special ANS Friday Matinee edition by Will Davis
Today's Friday Nuclear Matinee video of climate policy expert Michael Shellenberger comes to us from TED.com. "We're not in a clean energy revolution; we're in a clean energy crisis," says climate policy expert Michael Shellenberger. His surprising solution: nuclear. In this passionate talk, he explains why it's time to overcome longstanding fears of the technology, and why he and other environmentalists believe it's past time to embrace nuclear as a viable and desirable source of clean power. Enjoy the 14 minute video.
It's time for the Friday Nuclear Matinee. Today we feature an interview with ANS member Meredith Angwin. Meredith was a guest on the Pat McDonald show: Vote for Vermont. The interview included the following topics:
As was reported here last week, Kagoshima Prefecture (Japan) Governor Satoshi Mitazono, who was elected to this office in July after running on a solidly anti-nuclear-energy ticket, made a formal request to Kyushu Electric Power on August 26. Further significant events have now transpired.
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