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  • June 30, 2021 – *Virtual* Meeting (7:00 p.m. EDT)

    June 30, 2021 – *Virtual* Meeting (7:00 p.m. EDT)

    This meeting will be conducted virtually using ZOOM.? Meeting invites will be sent to registered attendees.

    For the?June 30, 2021 DC ANS dinner meeting, Mr. Steven P. Nesbit, P.E., and ANS President for 2021-2022, will be speaking on:

    Updates on Nuclear Policy and the American Nuclear Society?

    Steve Nesbit founded LMNT Consulting in 2019 following a distinguished career with Duke Energy Corporation. LMNT Consulting supports clients on matters related to the nuclear fuel cycle, advanced nuclear energy systems, and nuclear nonproliferation.

    Steve?s career at Duke Energy began in 1982 performing safety analyses in support of nuclear power plants. Between 1996 and 2005, he led Duke Energy?s efforts related to the use of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel in its nuclear power reactors as a part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project to dispose of surplus plutonium from nuclear weapons. He also managed used nuclear fuel activities for Duke Energy. For nine years prior to retirement from Duke Energy, he was responsible for developing the company?s policy positions related to nuclear power, and interacting with industry and government groups on used fuel management and related issues. In addition to nuclear utility activities, during his career Steve worked on several DOE projects including the New Production Reactor Project, the Yucca Mountain Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal Project, and the Centralized Interim Storage Facility Project. He supported the U.S. Department of State on outreach to countries with developing nuclear power programs. He also served on the International Panel of Experts for the Nuclear Threat Initiative?s 2016, 2018 and 2020 Nuclear Security Index reports. He testified on spent fuel policy issues to the House Energy and Commerce Committee in 2017 and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in 2019.

    Steve received Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering degrees in nuclear engineering from the University of Virginia. He is a registered professional engineer in North Carolina. He is a past adjunct faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he taught nuclear engineering. He became President of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) in June 2021 and will serve in that role through June 2022. Some of his past roles with ANS include Chair of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Technical Group, Chair of the Public Policy Committee, member of the ANS Board of Directors, and Chair of the Piedmont Carolinas ANS local section. Steve lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife Shelley, and he enjoys skiing and hiking in his spare time.

    CLICK HERE FOR MR. NESBIT’S FULL BIO


    PAYMENT:

    In lieu of a one-time meeting fee, ANS-DC is requesting that attendees become annual members of DC-ANS (2021-2022) for a cost of only $10.? Please use one of the following two options:

    Option #1:? PayPal Link

    1-year (One-time) Payment Link:




     

    Option #2:? Mail-in Check

    Please send $10 check made out to DC-ANS together with your name, mailing address and email address to:

    DC-ANS
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Post Office Box 4129
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Annapolis, MD 21403


    REGISTRATION LINK (After Payment):

    register-here-button-blueto make your reservation via e-mail, type in your name/affiliation and any guest names, and click SEND to the indicated RSVP e-mail address by no later than 5?pm, Monday June 28, 2021*.

    After successfully registering, DC-ANS will send a ZOOM meeting invitation to the email address provided.??


    VENUE:

    Location😕 ZOOM Meeting Invitation (Link will be sent to registered attendees)

    Date: June 30, 2021 (Wednesday)

    Presentation: 7:00 – 8:30PM (Eastern)

  • November 11, 2020 – *Virtual* Meeting (7:00 p.m. EDT)

    November 11, 2020 – *Virtual* Meeting (7:00 p.m. EDT)

    This meeting will be conducted virtually using ZOOM.? Meeting invites will be sent to registered attendees.

    For the?November 11, 2020 DC ANS dinner meeting, Mr. Bradley Williams, American Nuclear Society Congressional Fellow and Lead, Energy Policy and Strategic Analysis for Idaho National Laboratory, will be speaking on:

    A Fellowship?Like No Other

    When Bradley Williams was notified of his selection as the 2020 ANS Glenn T. Seaborg Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow, he knew he was about to embark on an exciting new adventure. Little did he know, how eventful and unique it would be. Tune in on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 to hear about his once in a lifetime experience and the exciting work he?s been a part of this year.

    CLICK HERE FOR MR. WILLIAMS’ FULL BIO


    PAYMENT:

    In lieu of a one-time meeting fee, ANS-DC is requesting that attendees become annual members of DC-ANS (2020-2021) for a cost of only $10.? Please use one of the following two options:

    Option #1:? PayPal Link

    1-year (One-time) Payment Link:




     

    Option #2:? Mail-in Check

    Please send $10 check made out to DC-ANS together with your name, mailing address and email address to:

    DC-ANS
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Post Office Box 4129
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Annapolis, MD 21403


    REGISTRATION LINK (After Payment):

    register-here-button-blueto make your reservation via e-mail, type in your name/affiliation and any guest names, and click SEND to the indicated RSVP e-mail address by no later than 5?pm, Monday November 9, 2020*.

    After successfully registering, DC-ANS will send a ZOOM meeting invitation to the email address provided.??


    VENUE:

    Location😕 ZOOM Meeting Invitation (Link will be sent to registered attendees)

    Date: November 11, 2020 (Wednesday)

    Presentation: 7:00 – 8:00PM (Eastern)

  • September 23, 2020 – *Virtual* Dinner Meeting (7:30 p.m. EDT)

    September 23, 2020 – *Virtual* Dinner Meeting (7:30 p.m. EDT)

    This meeting will be conducted virtually using ZOOM.? Meeting invites will be sent to registered attendees.

    For the?September 23, 2020 DC ANS dinner meeting, Mr. Little, President and Principal Officer of Dominion Engineering Inc. (DEI), will be speaking on:

    High-Efficiency Ultrasonic Fuel Cleaning (HE-UFC)

    This presentation provides an overview of High-Efficiency Ultrasonic Fuel Cleaning (HE-UFC), All-Metal Filter Module (AMF) equipment and the industry experience, including adaptations made by DEI in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.? These adaptations were also highlighted in a July Nuclear News article titled, ?Remote fuel cleaning from across the globe,? which focused on an ultrasonic fuel cleaning operation performed remotely at a nuclear power plant in Europe in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    HE-UFC was developed to remove crud from PWR fuel in order to mitigate crud-induced power shift (CIPS).? The technology was later shown to reduce radiation fields and improve fuel reliability at both PWRs and BWRs, and HE-UFC is now a widely performed maintenance activity during nuclear power plant refueling outages.? HE-UFC later prompted the development of related nuclear field services and technologies, including AMFM filtration which utilizes an ultrasonic concentration process to minimize radwaste resulting from cleaning and filtration activities at nuclear facilities.

    CLICK HERE FOR MR. LITTLE’S FULL BIO


    PAYMENT:

    In lieu of a one-time meeting fee, ANS-DC is requesting that attendees become annual members of DC-ANS (2020-2021) for a cost of only $10.? Please use one of the following two options:

    Option #1:? PayPal Link

    1-year (One-time) Payment Link:




     

    Option #2:? Mail-in Check

    Please send $10 check made out to DC-ANS together with your name, mailing address and email address to:

    DC-ANS
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Post Office Box 4129
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Annapolis, MD 21403


    REGISTRATION LINK (After Payment):

    register-here-button-blueto make your reservation via e-mail, type in your name/affiliation and any guest names, and click SEND to the indicated RSVP e-mail address by no later than 5?pm, Monday September 21, 2020*.

    After successfully registering, DC-ANS will send a ZOOM meeting invitation to the email address provided.??


    VENUE:

    Location😕 ZOOM Meeting Invitation (Link will be sent to registered attendees)

    Date: September 23, 2020 (Wednesday)

    Presentation: 7:30 – 8:30PM

  • June 25, 2020 – *Virtual* ANS President Info Meeting (7p.m. EDT)

    June 25, 2020 – *Virtual* ANS President Info Meeting (7p.m. EDT)

    This meeting will be conducted virtually using ZOOM.? Meeting invites will be sent to registered attendees.

    For the?June 25, 2020 DC ANS dinner meeting, Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, Ph.D., ANS Vice President / President-Elect (2019-2020), will be speaking on:

    ANS 2020 Change Plan and ANS Efforts to Promote Regulatory Changes to Align with Risk

    She will discuss how ANS is positioning itself to move strategically into the future (Change Plan 2020) and about ANS efforts to promote regulatory changes to align with risk, rather than the Linear no-Threshold (LNT) hypothesis, which everyone knows is incorrect at low doses.

    Dr. Dunzik-Gougar is also the associate dean of the Idaho State University (ISU) College and Science and Engineering, associate professor of nuclear engineering, and a senior reactor operator at ISU?s Aerojet-General Nucleonic nuclear reactor, commonly known as the AGN-201.

    CLICK HERE FOR DR. DUNZIG-GOUGAR’S FULL BIO


    PAYMENT:

    In lieu of a one-time meeting fee, ANS-DC is requesting that attendees become annual members of DC-ANS (2020-2021) for a cost of only $10.? Please use one of the following two options:

    Option #1:? PayPal Link

    1-year (One-time) Payment Link:




     

    Option #2:? Mail-in Check

    Please send $10 check made out to DC-ANS together with your name, mailing address and email address to:

    DC-ANS
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Post Office Box 4129
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Annapolis, MD 21403


    REGISTRATION LINK (After Payment):

    register-here-button-blueto make your reservation via e-mail, type in your name/affiliation and any guest names, and click SEND to the indicated RSVP e-mail address by no later than 5?pm, Tuesday, June 23, 2020*.

    After successfully registering, DC-ANS will send a ZOOM meeting invitation to the email address provided.??


    VENUE:

    Location😕 ZOOM Meeting Invitation (Link will be sent to registered attendees)

    Date:?June 25, 2020 (Thursday)

    Presentation: 7:00 – 8:00PM