American Nuclear Society 2013 Student Conference

04/02/2013

Interested in how Nuclear Power can save lives?

http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/web/2013/04/Nuclear-Power-Prevents-Deaths-Causes.html

Using nuclear power in place of fossil-fuel energy sources, such as coal, has prevented some 1.8 million air pollution-related deaths globally and could save millions of more lives in coming decades, concludes a study. The researchers also find that nuclear energy prevents emissions of huge quantiti...

03/26/2013

Check out this TEDx talk on a new fission reactor and startup from a MIT nuclear PHD student.

http://transatomicpower.com/company.php

Transatomic Power is a nuclear reactor design company. We have developed the WAMSR -- a Waste-Annihilating Molten Salt Reactor. WAMSR is a 500 MW molten salt reactor that converts high-level nuclear waste into electric power.

03/26/2013

Check out this TEDx talk from an MIT professor of nuclear science and engineering on fusion.
http://tedxbeaconstreet.com/dennis-whyte/

Our lives revolve entirely around electricity. Dennis Whyte, a Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT, has a vision for how we can consume energy in a cleaner, nearly limitless way. It’s called magnetic fusion—the same process that keeps our sun and stars burning bright. To recreate tha...

03/24/2013

The Program book is ready for you to prepare for the conference!

http://meetings.ans.org/student2013/files/Conference_Program.pdf

03/23/2013

Interested in international nuclear politics? Learn more at the conference. Less than 2 weeks away!!!

China has secretly entered into an agreement with Pakistan to construct a third nuclear reactor at Chashma in Punjab province that the Obama administration says will violate Beijing’s promises under an international anti-nuclear weapons accord.

03/22/2013

Registration just hit 500! Will you be joining us in Boston in two short weeks?

03/09/2013

REGISTER NOW!!!
http://meetings.ans.org/student2013/register

American Nuclear Society 2013 Student Conference at MIT -- Public Image of the Nuclear Engineer

03/09/2013

Reserve a room at Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel by Marriott.
http://meetings.ans.org/student2013/about/hotel-information

American Nuclear Society 2013 Student Conference at MIT -- Public Image of the Nuclear Engineer

03/06/2013

Interested in Nuclear Waste Management concerns? More on this at the conference. REGISTER NOW!!!

More than 4,700 workers at the Hanford reservation in Washington state where six tanks are leaking radioactive waste are facing furloughs or layoffs under $171 million in U.S. budget cuts, the Energy Department said.

02/27/2013

02/20/2013

Wondering how we detect nuclear weapons? More on this at the conference this April! REGISTER NOW!

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/02/nuclear-sensors/

Studying satellite imagery and checking radiation levels doesn't always tell you much about today's nuclear weapons. That's why the Pentagon's newest nuke-detection research gets less orthodox.

02/14/2013

Wondering what is happening at San Onofre? We'll be covering it and more at the conference in April. REGISTER NOW!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/02/nrc-san-onofre-mitsubishi-report.html

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has asked Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to hand over a redacted version of a proprietary report on equipment issues at the now-shuttered San Onofre nuclear plant. The commission, which has already reviewed the full report, said...