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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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What’s the most difficult question you’ve been asked as a maintenance instructor?
Blye Widmar
"Where are the prints?!"
This was the final question in an onslaught of verbal feedback, comments, and critiques I received from my students back in 2019. I had two years of instructor experience and was teaching a class that had been meticulously rehearsed in preparation for an accreditation visit. I knew the training material well and transferred that knowledge effectively enough for all the students to pass the class. As we wrapped up, I asked the students how they felt about my first big system-level class, and they did not hold back.
“Why was the exam from memory when we don’t work from memory in the plant?” “Why didn’t we refer to the vendor documents?” “Why didn’t we practice more on the mock-up?” And so on.
The ANS Scholarship Policy and Coordination Committee have announced the scholarship recipients for the 2025-2026 academic year. This year ANS awarded 100 scholarships totaling $230,500.
Thank you to all the donors who have generously supported our scholarship programs.
Kent Hamlin Memorial Scholarship
Henry Phuc Tran - Research Medical Center School of Nuclear Medicine Technology
Nontraditional Student Scholarships
John and Muriel Landis Scholarship
Community College / Trade School
ANS Incoming Freshman
ANS Sophomore Scholarship
ANS Undergraduate (Junior/Senior)
ANS Raymond DiSalvo Memorial Scholarship
Sushil C. Jain Undergraduate Scholarship
William R. & Mila Kimel Nuclear Engineering Scholarship
John R. Lamarsh Memorial Scholarship
Hans P. Loewen Memorial Scholarship
Joseph Naser HFICD Undergraduate Scholarship
Nuclear Criticality Safety Pioneers Scholarship
ANS/ASME Barry Sloane Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship
Fusion Energy Division Dr. Kenneth R. Schultz Undergraduate Scholarship
Rudi Stamm’ler Reactor Physics Division Scholarship
Accelerator Applications Division Scholarship
Operations and Power Division Scholarship
ANS Graduate
Everitt P. Blizard Graduate Scholarship
Robert A. Dannels Memorial Scholarship
Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences Division Graduate Scholarship
Vincent J. Esposito Thermal-Hydraulic Graduate Scholarship
Ely M. Gelbard Graduate Scholarship
Gozani Family Graduate Scholarship
Alan F. Henry/Paul A. Greebler Memorial Scholarship
Lawrence E. Hochreiter Graduate Scholarship
Saul Levine Memorial Scholarship
Michael J. Lineberry Graduate Scholarship
Fuel Cycle & Waste Management Division John D. Randall Scholarship
ANS Massimo Salvatores Memoriam Graduate Scholarship (RPD)
James F. Schumar Scholarship
Robert E. Uhrig Graduate Scholarship
Vogt Radiochemistry Scholarship
ANS Chicago - Great Lakes Local Section Scholarship
ANS Colorado Nuclear Science and Technology Scholarship
ANS Columbia, SC Local Section Scholarship
ANS Oak Ridge / Knoxville Local Section Undergraduate Scholarship
ANS Pittsburgh Local Section Undergraduate Scholarship
ANS Pittsburgh Local Section Graduate Scholarship
ANS Washington DC Local Section Jeffrey A. Gorman Undergraduate Scholarship
Washington DC Local Section George P. Shultz and James W. Behrens Graduate Scholarship
Savannah River Local Section Richard Benjamin Memorial Scholarship
Carlsbad Local Section Scholarship
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