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Candidates have officially been named to fill six ANS leadership positions with terms beginning in June 2026. Candidates for the one-year term as vice president/president-elect will succeed Mark Peters, who will in turn succeed Hash Hashemian as current ANS president.
The American Nuclear Society’s Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C) has held another presentation in its monthly Community of Practice (CoP) series. Former RP3C chair N. Prasad Kadambi opened the meeting with brief introductory remarks about the RP3C and the need for new approaches to nuclear design that go beyond conventional and deterministic methods. He then welcomed this month’s speaker: Craig Benson from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who presented “Natural Systems Approach for Closure of Uranium Mill Tailing Facilities.”
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My first exposure to nuclear engineering was in 1956–57 when I was a fourth-year chemical engineering undergraduate at MIT. The previous summer, I worked at an oil refinery in New Jersey and our class visited a Monsanto sulfuric acid factory in Boston Harbor. I lost my enthusiasm for chemical engineering and decided to take a couple of introductory nuclear engineering courses as a senior. After a summer job at Y-12 in Oak Ridge, I started on a nuclear engineering master’s degree program. (An Atomic Energy Commission fellowship certainly helped my decision.)
The following summer, I performed reactor physics experiments at Brookhaven with Herb Kouts, Joe Hendrie, Rudy Sher, and Henry Windsor. In January 1962, after defending my Ph.D. dissertation on measuring uranium-238 capture in lattices of uranium rods in heavy water, I headed to Los Angeles to work on SNAP reactors for Atomics International. There, I performed critical experiments and managed their aerospace safety program.
The 4th Annual Advanced Reactor Codes and Standards Collaborative (ARCSC) Workshop will take place on December 4 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST). The event, which will be hosted at the Electric Power Research Institute’s office Washington, D.C., has a hybrid format, offering the opportunity for both in-person and virtual attendance. It’s focus is on sharing the ARCSC’s progress on developing codes and standards to support advanced reactor development and will also feature industry-focused breakout discussions, conversations with industry leaders, and more.
A recent webinar hosted by the American Nuclear Society featured leading experts in South Carolina’s nuclear sector, who discussed how the state will leverage its resources, history, and experience to become a frontrunner in new development. Hosted by ANS Executive Director/CEO Craig Piercy, it offered perspectives from the utility, commercial, and academic worlds.
Go deeper: To hear more from each panelist on the nuclear present and future of South Carolina, watch the full webinar here.
Mobley
American Nuclear Society member John Mobley IV recently donated some historical nuclear artifacts and memorabilia to the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences (NERS) at the University of Michigan.
Mobley is a nuclear engineering education researcher at the University of Michigan. Among his roles at ANS, he is currently the secretary of Young Members Group; the vice chair of the Education, Training and Workforce Development Division; and the vice chair of Student Sections Committee.
He said he chose to donate part of his collection to NERS because the University of Michigan is broadly committed to nuclear outreach at the local, state, and federal levels. The university is home of the first ANS Student Section, which turned 70 this year.
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a webinar charting the programs and resources that the Society can provide to students, educators, and the public regarding nuclear science and technology education—with a particular focus on the K–12 space. The webinar, led by ANS senior manager of STEM programs Uchenna Ezibe, also provided updates on the progress and future of ANS STEM efforts.
One of the privileges of being president of the American Nuclear Society is awarding Presidential Citations to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding effort in some manner for the benefit of ANS or the nuclear community at large. Citations are conferred twice each year, at the Annual and Winter Meetings.
ANS President Hash Hashemian has named this season’s recipients, who will receive recognition at the upcoming 2025 Winter Conference & Expo in Washington, D.C.
The American Nuclear Society's Executive Director/CEO Craig Piercy recently sat down with Richard Morrison on an episode of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Free the Economy podcast.
The American Nuclear Society recently announced the designation of three new nuclear historic landmarks: the Hot Fuel Examination Facility, the Neely Nuclear Research Center, and the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant K-25. Today’s article, the final offering in a three-part series, will focus on the historical significance of the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant K-25.
The American Nuclear Society’s Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C) has held another presentation in its monthly Community of Practice (CoP) series. Former RP3C chair N. Prasad Kadambi opened the October 3 meeting with brief introductory remarks about the RP3C and the need for new approaches to nuclear design that go beyond conventional and deterministic methods. He then welcomed this month’s speakers: Mike Mankosa, a project engineer at FPoliSolutions, and Cesare Frepoli, the company’s president, who together presented “Introduction to RISE: A Digital Framework for Maintaining a Risk-Informed Safety Case for Current and Next Generation Nuclear Power Plants.”
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a Supplier Showcase webinar, “Reducing Cumulative Radiological Exposure with Advanced Source Term Removal Technologies,” featuring Chuck Marks, president of Dominion Engineering, a consulting, equipment, and services company focused on improving nuclear power plant performance, efficiency, and reliability.
The American Nuclear Society recently announced the designation of three new nuclear historic landmarks: the Hot Fuel Examination Facility, the Neely Nuclear Research Center, and the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Today’s article, the second in a three-part series, will focus on the historical significance of the Neely Nuclear Research Center.
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a webinar, “Securing the Isotope Supply Chain: A Growing Global Challenge,” featuring experts from a variety of private and public institutions who discussed the current state of the isotope supply chain, the necessity for strengthening that chain, and the tools available to develop a more robust system.
To watch the full webinar, click here.
With the months rolling by, the time is coming for the American Nuclear Society to hold its second annual conference of the year. The 2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo, with a theme of “Building the Nuclear Century,” will take place November 9–12 in Washington, D.C., at the Washington Hilton.
The American Nuclear Society is hosting a new Supplier Showcase webinar, “Reducing Cumulative Radiological Exposure with Advanced Source Term Removal Technologies,” on October 15 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (EDT) on recent advancements in decontamination technology.
The webinar is free for all viewers and requires registration.
One constant at the American Nuclear Society’s national meetings is the recognition of exceptional individuals in the nuclear community. ANS President Hash Hashemian has named this season’s national award recipients. These awards will be presented next month at the upcoming Winter Conference and Expo in Washington, D.C. The recipients of awards from the Society’s professional divisions, alongside Presidential Citations and the Nuclear Historic Landmark Award, will be announced soon.
The American Nuclear Society’s Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C) has held another presentation in its monthly Community of Practice (CoP) series. Former RP3C chair N. Prasad Kadambi opened the meeting with brief introductory remarks about the RP3C and the need for new approaches to nuclear design that go beyond conventional and deterministic methods. He then welcomed this month’s speaker: Doug Gerstner, a nuclear safety engineer at Idaho National Laboratory, who presented “Application of a Qualitative RIPB Approach for the MARVEL Microreactor at INL.”
The American Nuclear Society’s ANS Cares Committee recently hosted a webinar examining and exploring ways to overcome the common cost barriers to pursuing a nuclear education.
It soon will be time for the American Nuclear Society to hold its second annual conference of the year. The 2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo will take place November 9–12 in Washington, D.C., at the Washington Hilton.
Click here to register for the meeting and be sure to do so before October 17 to take advantage of early-bird pricing.