2023 Q2
GGNS Advancements on their training simulators (Marty McAdory)
2023 Q3
Unmanned Vehicles in Nuclear (Brad Vickery, USA)
2023 Q4
AR/VR Applications (EPRI)
Dr. Arndt will discuss the opportunities presented by the new reactor designs that cut across technologies, sizes, and target applications. He will discuss how ANS is supporting the advancement of the current effort to move the industry forward as well as some of the challenges associated with the development, licensing, and deployment of new reactors and how the community can help.
An acknowledged leader within the nuclear industry integrating management, business, operational, and strategic skills in support of implementing industry strategies for improving the current operating fleet and advanced reactors initiatives.
Formerly employed by Exelon/Commonwealth Edison, Automated Engineering Services Corp (AES), and Amec Foster Wheeler (FW), having retired from the latter as an executive in March 2016. Currently, he is Owner and President of Eggett Consulting LLC providing consulting to the industry in operations, regulatory/licensing, and industry policy and is the current Chair of the ANS Standards Board.Prior to TC Energy she worked at EnergySolutions, an Energy Capital Partners portfolio company, where she was the Vice-President for Nuclear Decommissioning. Juliann has 15 years of nuclear and fossil industry experience in acquisition of commercial nuclear facilities, engineering, procurement, and construction of energy related projects.
Formerly employed by Exelon/Commonwealth Edison, Automated Engineering Services Corp (AES), and Amec Foster Wheeler (FW), having retired from the latter as an executive in March 2016. Currently, he is Owner and President of Eggett Consulting LLC providing consulting to the industry in operations, regulatory/licensing, and industry policy and is the current Chair of the ANS Standards Board.Prior to TC Energy she worked at EnergySolutions, an Energy Capital Partners portfolio company, where As Chair of the ANS Standards Board, he has overall responsibility for all policy and procedural directions for standards activities of the Society and oversees all activities of the Standards Committee, composed of persons engaged in standards development for the Society (i.e., the Standards Board, its consensus committees, special committees and task groups, subcommittees, and working groups). As Chair, he answers directly to the President of ANS.she was the Vice-President for Nuclear Decommissioning. Juliann has 15 years of nuclear and fossil industry experience in acquisition of commercial nuclear facilities, engineering, procurement, and construction of energy related projects.
Andrew Sowder is a Senior Technical Executive at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), is a Certified Health Physicist, and serves as vice-chair of the American Nuclear Society Standards Board.
He provides strategic support for the Advanced Nuclear Technology program and Nuclear Sector, including government project development and expansion into fusion energy technology.
Andrew established EPRI’s advanced reactor strategic focus area and previously managed applied research on advanced nuclear fuel cycles and used nuclear fuel management.
Prior to joining EPRI, he served as a physical scientist and foreign affairs officer at the U.S. Department of State and as a AAAS science and technology policy fellow at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Ms. Juliann Edwards will be speaking to us on her work with SMRs on November 10, 2022. She is currently Vice President of Energy Origination and Development at TC Energy and in Q1 2023 will formally join the Board of Directors at Bruce Power.
Prior to TC Energy she worked at EnergySolutions, an Energy Capital Partners portfolio company, where she was the Vice-President for Nuclear Decommissioning. Juliann has 15 years of nuclear and fossil industry experience in acquisition of commercial nuclear facilities, engineering, procurement, and construction of energy related projects.
Sumesh Arora will be speaking with the local section on future perspectives for nuclear power and its role on decarbonization. Sumesh recently joined Entergy from the MS Energy & Natural Resources Division and he is a past Chair of the ANS-MS Section.
Tue Sep 27, 2022 11 AM CST
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Mr. Frederick Sock Shares Overview of the NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Division
May 19, 2022
Join us for a presentation describing the work of the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Division.
Frederick (Fred) Sock, P.E. has more than forty-two years of professional experience, with thirty-nine of those years in the design, fabrication, and installation of nuclear power plant structures. The last seven years have been with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in the Office Nuclear Regulatory Research in the Washington, DC area.
As noted on the NRC website, some of the work of this division is that it:
“Maintains technical capability to develop information for resolution of nuclear safety and security issues, and provides technical support and consultation to the program offices in the related specialized disciplines. Provides independent analysis of operational data and assessment of operational experience through the review, analysis, and evaluation of the safety performance of facilities licensed by the NRC.”
02/24/2022 | 1200 CT | WebEx Link
Attorney Thomas C. Poindexter will introduce us to the world of nuclear law!
Attorney Thomas C. Poindexter represents nuclear energy clients in licensing, regulatory, and adjudicatory matters before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the US Department of Energy (DOE). Trained as a nuclear engineer, he has served on several nuclear oversight committees for US utilities with nuclear power facilities, and currently assists nuclear power plants and material licensees in recovering from regulatory, investigation, and enforcement problems. Atty. Poindexter also focuses on emergent issue response, facility performance situations, and regulatory strategic planning.
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12/09/2021 | 1200 CT
We have been hearing all of the exciting news surrounding nuclear-powered rockets and the possibilities! The Mississippi Local Section is pleased to welcome Jeremy Gustafson (BWXT) who will be sharing his Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS) 2021 presentation “Space Nuclear Propulsion Fuel and Moderator Development Plan Conceptual Testing Reference Design”!
Join us VIRTUALLY for our Section Meeting in June 2021 (Date: TBD)! ANS National President, Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar. Past, Present and Future Activities– Let’s Chat!
DATE: January 15, 2019
Speaker: Hamid Khosravi, PhD, MCCPM, CRPA(R)
Assistant Professor, Diagnostic Medical Physicist
Radiology Department
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Topic: Nuclear Applications in Medicine
February 20, 2018
Speaker: Mr. Frank Rives, Entergy’s recently retired Director, Nuclear Fuels
Topic: “Nuclear Fuels 101”
The speaker covered how raw materials for fuel are mined, processed, manufactured into fuel, used to generate electricity, then safely disposed of. He also will cover some interesting facts about the international nuclear fuel market.
Where: Drago’s Restaurant, 1005 E County Line Rd, Jackson, MS 39211, (601) 957-1515
National Science Week
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