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For the May 2015 DC ANS dinner meeting, Dr. Michaele (Mikey) Brady Raap, Chief Engineer at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and?American Nuclear Society President, 2014-2015, will be speaking on:

“Improving the Conversation About Nuclear Science and Technology”

Click here for Dr. Raap’s full bio.

Dr. Michaele (Mikey) Brady Raap has been an active member of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) since joining in 1985. She has held many leadership positions, including the chairmanship of both the Reactor Physics and Nuclear Criticality Safety Divisions.
Dr. Brady Raap is a chief engineer with the Nuclear Systems Design, Engineering & Analysis Group within the National Security Directorate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington. She has more than 25 years of experience in nuclear and criticality safety for plutonium processing and spent fuel systems, including the design and review of benchmark experiments, safety assessments at operating facilities and integrating safety-in-design.
Prior to joining PNNL in 1999, she was with Duke Engineering Services Incorporated, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories. She performed her dissertation research at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and received her BS, MS and PhD in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M University.
Dr. Brady Raap is the recipient of ANS? Special Recognition Award for Media for her service during the Fukushima Accident, 2011. She resides in Benton City, WA.

 

Click?here?to 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, Thursday, May 7, 2015*.

*NOTE:? If you would like to attend, please include your name, your company’s name, a contact phone #, and email address in your RSVP email.??

?*Also, please note that by registering, you are agreeing to paying for the dinner whether you attend or not because ANS is otherwise responsible for the cost of the food.?

On site registration is allowed but on a first-come, first-served basis as food is ordered in advance so advance registration is preferred.

Cost:

$15.00 for students
$25.00?for members
$30.00?for non members

Member Status

LOCAL SECTION Member $25.00 USDNon-Member $30.00 USDStudent $15.00 USD

Location:?Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)?Auditorium

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

11555 Rockville Pike

Rockville, MD 20852

?The White Flint metro station is directly across the street, and there is street parking and a metro parking garage.

Phone:?301-415-7000

Website:?http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/locations/hq.html

 

NOTE: All attendees should enter the One White Flint North building (corner of Rockville Pike and Marinelli) and report to the guard desk in the lobby.

Once registered, you will be directed to the NRC Auditorium. Please bring photo identification such as a state issued drivers license for registration with NRC security.

 

?Click here for a map link to the venue

 

Date: May 12, 2015 (Tuesday)

Registration/Social:?6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Dinner: 7:00 – 8:00 PM
Presentation: 8:00 – 9:00PM

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For the April?15, 2015 DC ANS dinner meeting, Dr. Tim Koeth, Director of the University of Maryland Nuclear Reactor & Radiation Facilities, and Dr. Robert Dimeo, Director of the NIST Center for Neutron Research, will be participating in a panel discussion:

?Current and Future State of Technology in Reactor?and Radiation Facilities at NIST & UMD”

Click here for Dr. Koeth’s?full bio.

Click here for Dr. Dimeo’s?full bio.

 

Robert Dimeo, Ph.D., is the Director of the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR), a national user?facility for neutron scattering on the NIST Gaithersburg campus.

Timothy Koeth, Ph.D., is the Director of the Radiation Facilities at the University of Maryland. The?UMD Radiation Facilities consist of the Maryland University Training Reactor (MUTR), a Co-60?gamma irradiator, and two electron linear accelerators. These facilities are housed in the Chemical and?Nuclear Engineering Building on the College Park Campus.

 

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Click?here?to 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 6 pm, Friday, April 10, 2015*.*NOTE:? If you would like to attend, please include your name, your company’s name, a contact phone #, and email address in your RSVP email.???*Also, please note that by registering, you are agreeing to paying for the dinner whether you attend or not because ANS is otherwise responsible for the cost of the food.?

On site registration is allowed but on a first-come, first-served basis as food is ordered in advance so advance registration is preferred.

Cost:

$10.00 for students
$15.00?for members
$20.00?for non members

Membership Status

LOCAL SECTION Member $15.00 USDNon-Member $20.00 USDStudent $10.00 USD

Website:?http://www.nationalacademies.org/about/contact/na_069685.html

 

?Click here for a map link to the venue

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Date: April 15, 2015 (Wednesday)

Registration/Social/Dinner:? ? ?6:00 PM ? 7:00 PM
Panel Discussion:? ? ?7:00 ? 8:00 PM
Post Meeting Social: ? ? 8:00 PM, please join us after the meeting at the Iron Horse for a drink.

(The Iron Horse is just around the corner from the Keck center at 507 7th St.)

For the March?11, 2015 DC ANS dinner meeting, Mr. Steve Nesbit, Director of Nuclear Policy & Support for Duke Energy, will be speaking on the following topic:

“New Nuclear – A Regulated Utility’s Perspective”

Click here for Mr. Nesbit’s?full bio.

Steve Nesbit is director, nuclear policy and support, for Duke Energy. He is responsible for developing company policy positions related to nuclear power, and interacting with industry and government groups on used fuel management and related issues.

Nesbit joined Duke Power?s nuclear generation department in 1982. Since then, he has held various roles in nuclear safety analysis and fuel management. Between 1996 and 2005, Nesbit led Duke Energy?s efforts related to the use of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel in its nuclear power reactors as a part of the Department of Energy project to dispose of surplus plutonium from nuclear weapons. He also managed used nuclear fuel activities.

In addition to the MOX fuel project, Nesbit has worked on other Department of Energy initiatives: the New Production Reactor Project, 1990 to 1992; the Yucca Mountain Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal Project, 1992 to 1996; and the Centralized Interim Storage Facility Project in 1996. These assignments included managing the groups responsible for licensing and safety analysis.

Nesbit 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 and South Carolina.?He is a past adjunct faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he taught nuclear engineering.

Nesbit is an active participant in the Nuclear Energy Institute Integrated Used Fuel Management Working Group and the Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition.? He is a member of the Nuclear Infrastructure Council Executive Committee. He is a past chairman of the American Nuclear Society?s Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Division and current vice chairman of the Piedmont Carolinas American Nuclear Society local section.

Duke Energy, the largest electric power company in the United States, supplies and delivers electricity to approximately 7 million customers in the Southeast and Midwest. The company also distributes natural gas in Ohio and Kentucky. Its commercial power and international businesses operate diverse power generation assets in North America and Latin America, including a growing renewable energy portfolio. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is a Fortune 250 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK.

 

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Click?here?to 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 6 pm, Monday, March 9, 2015*.*NOTE:? If you would like to attend, please include your name, your company’s name, a contact phone #, and email address in your RSVP email.???*Also, please note that by registering, you are agreeing to paying for the dinner whether you attend or not because ANS is otherwise responsible for the cost of the food.?

On site registration is allowed but on a first-come, first-served basis as food is ordered in advance so advance registration is preferred.

Cost:

$15.00 for students
$30.00?for members
$35.00?for non members

Member Status

LOCAL SECTION Member $30.00 USDNon-Member $35.00 USDStudent $15.00 USD

Website:?http://fareastrockvillemd.com/rockville_chinese_restaurant.html

 

?Click here for a map link to the venue

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Date: March 11, 2015 (Wednesday)

Registration/Social: 6:00 PM ? 7:00 PM
Dinner: 7:00 PM ? 8:00 PM
Presentation: 8:00 PM ? 9:00 PM

For the February 10, 2015 DC ANS dinner meeting, Mr.?Sigval (Sig) M. Berg, Executive Director of The Severn Leadership Group, will be speaking on the following topic:

“Protect the Core”

Click here for Mr. Berg’s?full bio.

Sigval (Sig) M. Berg is currently the Executive Director of The Severn Leadership Group in Annapolis, Maryland.? Additionally, he served as a mentor and lecturer (leadership development) at the World Nuclear University?s Summer Institute at Oxford England from 2009 -2013.

Mr. Berg has also served in a number of senior executive positions in the nuclear industry.? Mr. Berg was the Senior Vice President for Infrastructure Development and Training at UniStar Nuclear Energy (a joint venture of Constellation Energy and EDF — developing the EPR for the US) in Baltimore, Maryland. (2007-2008)

Prior to that, Mr. Berg was an executive at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) in Atlanta, Georgia from 1994-2006.? As executive vice president, he was responsible for INPO?s Evaluation and Assistance cornerstones.? From 2002 to 2004 he served as managing director of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) in London, England. Additional responsibilities during his time at INPO included serving as executive vice president for the Accreditation cornerstone and the Administrative Division, executive director of the National Academy for Nuclear Training, director of the WANO?Atlanta Center and deputy director of the WANO-Coordinating Center in London, Mr. Berg was elected executive vice president of INPO in April 2000, senior vice president in March 1998, and vice president in February 1996.

Mr. Berg joined INPO in 1994 after three years with Commonwealth Edison in Chicago, Illinois where he served as site vice president, Braidwood Nuclear Station (PWR); technical superintendent, Dresden Nuclear Station (BWR); assistant to production superintendent, Dresden Nuclear Station; and nuclear administrator, office of the vice president, PWR operations. During this time he completed Executive Senior Reactor Operator Training (BWR).

A 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he served in the U.S. Navy until 1981 holding several positions in the Navy nuclear program, including the position of chief engineer of a nuclear-powered submarine. In November 1998, Mr. Berg completed the Harvard Graduate School of Business? Advanced Management Program and has a MDIV from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio (1981).

 

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Click?here?to 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 6 pm, Thursday, February 5, 2015*.*NOTE:? If you would like to attend, please include your name, your company’s name, a contact phone #, and email address in your RSVP email.???*Also, please note that by registering, you are agreeing to paying for the dinner whether you attend or not because ANS is otherwise responsible for the cost of the food.?

On site registration is allowed but on a first-come, first-served basis as food is ordered in advance so advance registration is preferred.

Cost:

$10.00 for students
$15.00 for members
$20.00 for non members

Membership Status

LOCAL SECTION Member $15.00 USDNon-Member $20.00 USDStudent $10.00 USD

Website😕http://www.nei.org/

 

?Click here for a map link to the venue

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Date: Feburary 10, 2015 (Tuesday)

Registration/Social/Pizza**: 6:00 PM – 7:00?PM

Presentation: 7:00?PM – 8:00 PM
Post Meeting Social: 8:00?PM (Please join us at Elephant & Castle for a drink.?Elephant & Castle?is just around the corner from NEI at 1201 Pennsylvania Ave.?)

**Pizza is provided courtesy of a generous donation from Mr. Jim Joosten of Connect-USA.