Fukushima Two Years Later
by Will Davis At about a quarter to three in the afternoon on March 11, 2011, a gigantic and unprecedented earthquake struck just over 110 miles off the coast of Continue Reading →
Category Archives: lessons learned
ANS 2012 Winter Meeting – Fukushima Topical Sessions
By Will Davis The morning for us here in San Diego was filled with Opening Plenary Session events followed by an Attendee Luncheon in the Nuclear Technology Expo. (During the luncheon I had the Continue Reading →
The future of nuclear at #MOXChat
By Laura Scheele On September 11, the National Nuclear Security Administration (U.S. Department of Energy) hosted a public meeting in Chattanooga, Tenn., concerning its Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the disposition Continue Reading →
ANS to host ICAPP 2012 at annual conference
The American Nuclear Society’s Annual Conference, to be held June 24–28 in Chicago, Ill., will feature an embedded International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2012), ANS President Continue Reading →
Starting a new nuclear construction industry is hard work
By Rod Adams Construction at Vogtle units 3 and 4 and VC Summer units 2 and 3 is not going as well as many nuclear advocates would like. I’m not Continue Reading →
Freeze Pilgrim debate tonight: Follow on Twitter
This evening there will be a debate on a nuclear referendum that is on the town ballot in Plymouth, Mass. The referendum calls for a halt to relicensing the Pilgrim Continue Reading →
The ANS Student Section of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
American Nuclear Society President Eric Loewen visited the ANS student section at the University of Illinois on Tuesday, March 27, followed by dinner with the Central Illinois ANS local section. Continue Reading →