by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Feb 21, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
By Dr. Lane Carasik As I write this, I’m excited to know the future of the American Nuclear Society will involve the activities and efforts of the newly formed Diversity and Inclusion in ANS (DIA) Committee. The DIA Committee was formed after the 2018 Annual Meeting...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Feb 11, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
By Janice Lindegard Founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1951, Engineers Week (EWeek), is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing interest in engineering and technology careers. This year,...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Feb 7, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis It was released this week that the US Army Corps of Engineers has decided to enter into the process of decontaminating and dismantling the historic SM-1 nuclear plant at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. This early military prototype plant isn’t often discussed...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Feb 6, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
By Dr. Christopher Morrison Nuclear energy has played a key supporting role in historic missions to Mars, Pluto, and across the Solar System for the last 50 years. On January 1 2019, the nuclear-powered New Horizons flew by the most distant object ever observed up...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Feb 1, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
Our latest ANS Nuclear Cafe Matinee film is the latest video update by Southern Company on the progress of the Vogtle nuclear plant expansion. This video runs just over seven minutes and brings you the details of the construction as of the last quarter of 2018. ...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 31, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
By Doug Hardtmayer Welcome to the New Year! Even though I am on the road, there is just so much happening lately in nuclear I could not pass up the opportunity to talk about it! This episode of RadioNuclear, we take a look at recent and exciting legislation and...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 30, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
By Dr. James Conca Two bipartisan pieces of legislation modernizing America’s nuclear future have recently become law. It’s still a long way from pushing nuclear builds the way we need to address a host of environmental issues, but it is a good start. The Nuclear...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 24, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis At the end of last month there was some press about the emissions from cargo ships as a threat to the environment, and in due course nuclear propulsion was brought up as a way to get around it. It seems that every once in a while nuclear propulsion for...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 17, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis This article is the fifth in a continuing series examining the delays in nuclear plant construction and increases in nuclear plant overall (project) cost during the large round of construction in the United States. Previous installments are linked at...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 10, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis Welcome to 2019! I hope everyone who took a break enjoyed it. For those who didn’t, why didn’t you? Initially, I had thoughts of trying to separate from social media and news to a significant extent during the holidays but, after conversations with...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Jan 2, 2019 | Nuclear Energy
By Dr. Jane LeClair The accident that occurred at Three Mile Island on March 28, 1979, brought about many changes to the nuclear industry. Among the changes was the industry stopping to reflect on current procedures and the training of its employees. Exhorted by the...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Dec 29, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
RadioNuclear host Doug Hardtmayer interviews ANS member Dr. Christopher Morrison, an Astro-Nuclear Engineer with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation. Dr. Morrison shares his story as well as some fascinating insights into how nuclear could shape the future of nuclear in...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Dec 20, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis December 20, 1951 marks an important date in the history of nuclear power; it’s the date on which the first useful electric power was generated by atomic fission. While the now-famous event at that time only powered four light bulbs, the somewhat...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Dec 19, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
By Ann D. Winters I was honored to participate in a panel session on November 14, 2018, at the American Nuclear Society’s Winter Meeting in Orlando, Florida. The title of the session was “Underway on Nuclear Power: A Retrospective,” focusing on the importance to...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Dec 18, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis Shippingport Atomic Power Station as pictured in original press package; photo PR-19109 December 1957 would prove to be a month of firsts for the Shippingport Atomic Power Station; the plant had only recently been completed, and its new and novel reactor...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Dec 13, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
ANS member Dr. Christopher Morrison was a recent guest on The Space Show. Dr. Morrison covered space radiation, lifetime radiation limitations, legal limits, rodent GCR and radiation experimentation, terrestrial radiation simulations, space nuclear power &...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Nov 29, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
by Will Davis Washington Public Power Supply System Project 3, located at Satsop, Washington. Many utilities significantly overestimated future demand and over-ordered plants; this plant, designed by EBASCO, was one example. It was never completed. At this fourth...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Nov 21, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
By Vedant Mehta Albert Einstein is one of the most well-known physicists throughout history. Among other things, he is also known for formulating the world-famous equation E=mc2, the equation that relates that energy and mass as not separate, but rather a single...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Nov 9, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
By Craig Piercy A political seismic shift occurred this week – and I am not talking about the mid-term election. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released a report Thursday acknowledging nuclear power’s important role in reducing carbon emissions. Their...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Nov 7, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
By Kaitlyn Butler The start of Marie Curie’s story isn’t like most of the other scientists that had made a name for themselves throughout history, mostly because she was a grown woman by the start of the 20th century. But she was the first woman to do a lot of...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Nov 5, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
By Emma Meyers As a fourth year nursing student working in Chicago area hospitals, I deal with nuclear medicine quite often. The term “nuclear medicine” can sound disconcerting, but when you are familiar with it, I assure you, it’s not. Just think of it as a bunch of...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Nov 2, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
Reactor vessel delivered to Calvert Cliffs; from brochure in Will Davis collection. by Will Davis The year 1971 saw a continuation of the general trend of rising capital costs for all types of power plants, described by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in its...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Oct 26, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
This week’s matinee is a half hour long feature presentation entitled “Pioneering with Power,” and is the story of the construction of one of America’s earliest commercial nuclear power stations. Remarkable views, unobtainable virtually anywhere else, are given of...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Oct 19, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
Our Navigating Nuclear K-12 STEM education nuclear education program is now underway in classrooms across the nation! Today we are sharing our 30-second promotional clip from our Virtual Field Trip (VFT). Or click here to see the VFT in its entirety. Enjoy! View...
by ANS Nuclear Cafe | Oct 17, 2018 | Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: Supporting life where it matters most. by Anjali Nair Today, over 20 million nuclear medicine and imaging procedures are carried out in the U.S. alone every year [1]. That’s because nuclear medicine and associated technology has improved...
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