AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY�General Member Meeting

Wednesday, December 4 ^th, 2024

ABOUT ANS

• Who are we?
• A registered student organization for nuclear engineers and others interested in nuclear science and technology.
• Homepage: https://ans.engineering.wisc.edu/
• Calendar, membership information, event sign up, etc.
• Mailing list
• Receive weekly emails to get info on upcoming events
• Sign up with QR code
• General meetings:
• Once a month with just students
• Pretty often with nuclear industry companies

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We like to have fun, meet new people, and develop our professional careers!

2024-2025 EXECUTIVE BOARD

President

Ali Holden

president.uwans@gmail.com

Communications

Nick Tierney

communications.uwans@gmail.com

Internal Vice President

Alex Kino

internalvp.uwans@gmail.com

Youth Workshop

Dan Mancheski

youthworkshop.uwans@gmail.com

External Vice President

Asher Jewell

externalvp.uwans@gmail.com

K-12 Outreach

Katarina Dries

outreach.uwans@gmail.com

Public Information

Will Gergen

publicinfo.uwans@gmail.com

Faculty Advisor

Paul Wilson

facadvisor.uwans@gmail.com

Treasurer

Gerson Esquivel-Garcia

treasurer.uwans@gmail.com

Social

Maddie Oswald

social.uwans@gmail.com

• This year, we are re-introducing a points system for all members to incentivize engagement

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• Members will be required to fulfill a quota of points in each category to receive subsidized travel to the 2025 ANS Student Conference (amount of funding TBD)

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• Guide to the Points System

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• Points Tracking Sheet

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• We’ll have sign in sheets at each event but Alex (Internal VP) will manage tracking your points!! Questions - internalvp.uwans@gmail.com or any exec member

POINTS SYSTEM UPDATE

AS ALWAYS….THE WEEKLY SOCIAL EVENTS

WEDNESDAYS:

8:00am-9:30am

MONDAYS:

5:00pm-7:00pm

WEDNESDAYS:

7:30pm-9:00pm

FRIDAYS:

7:00am-8:30am

UPCOMING EVENTS

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• Volleyball Concessions Fundraising
• THIS Friday, Dec. 6, 4-9pm
• Camp Randall Fieldhouse
• Must have ServSafe!!!
• Fulfills all fundraising points for conference!
• Sign up here
• Questions? Ask Asher externalvp.uwans@gmail.com

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• Youth Workshop
• THIS Saturday, Dec. 7, 9am-3pm, Mechanical Engineering
• Help BSA scouts get their nuclear science merit badge!
• Need 2 more volunteers
• Jimmy John’s lunch provided
• Worth 3 volunteering points
• Sign up here
• Questions? Ask Dan youthworkshop.uwans@gmail.com

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FUNDRAISING

• Basketball and Hockey Concessions
• See dates and times HERE
• Must be ServSafe & alcohol certified
• Takes ~3 hours
• We will cover/reimburse the cost

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• One shift fulfills all your fundraising points for the year!
• Potential to make $1000+ in one day for ANS

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ANS Student Conference 2025

• University of New Mexico
• April 3-5, 2025
• Technical Panel Tracks:
• Reactor Physics
• Nuclear Fuels and Materials
• Thermal Hydraulics
• Instrumentation, Control Systems, and Cyber Security
• Fuel Cycles, Waste Management, and Decommissioning
• Power Reactor Operations, Safety, and Reliability
• Computational Methods, AI, and Machine Learning
• Nuclear Technology in Society and Policy
• Nonproliferation, Security, and Safeguards
• Tours:
• Trinity Site, LANL, Sandia National Lab, Kairos Power
• Biggest nuclear industry career fair (20+ companies)
• Present your own research!
• Abstract papers due January 17^th
• Meet other students around the country

• Isotope Production
• Radiation Detection and Imaging
• Nuclear Criticality Safety
• Nuclear Education and Advocacy
• Fusion and Plasma Physics
• Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion
• Radiation Protection and Health Physics

GET INVOLVED!

• Visit our website ans.engineering.wisc.edu to stay up to date with what's happening

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• Find us on Instagram at @ans_uwmadison

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• Sign up for and volunteer at events!

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• Come to the weekly events!

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• Join a subcommittee!

NUCLEAR NEWS

LINK

Texas A&M won the bid for the 2026 student conference

Nuclear companies want land to build new plants. Texas A&M is inviting them to come to Bryan.

• The university had offered up land it owns around the state for developers to build natural gas power plants in May.
• Texas A&M’s Board of Regents voted unanimously at a Thursday meeting to send the Nuclear Regulatory Commission a notice of its intent to seek an early site permit that would allow nuclear reactors to be built on Rellis Campus

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Russia restricts enriched uranium exports to the United States

• 11/15/2024
• Russia has imposed restrictions on the export of enriched uranium to the United States
• President Vladimir Putin told a government meeting on Sept. 11 that Moscow should consider limiting exports of uranium, titanium and nickel in retaliation for Western sanctions.

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National Lab Conducts First Critical Experiment Using HALEU-Based Fuel in Decades

• LANL 11/21/2024
• Researchers adapted a critical assembly machine to accommodate a new graphite core and “cups” to hold HALEU-based fuel pellets that contained TRISO Particles

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Future Google supplier Kairos gets approval to build two small nuclear reactors

• The fluoride-salt cooled, high-temperature reactors are scaled down versions of what Kairos hopes to ultimately build to supply Google with electricity starting in 2030.
• The Hermes 2 reactors will be capable of producing 35 megawatts of heat each

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Amazon offers $334M for nuclear reactors to be built at Hanford

• Hanford, Washington
• The site is Energy Northwest’s half-built reactor No. 1, near the Columbia Generating Station reactor north of Richland.
• They failed to construct the other reactors
• That led to the second-biggest bond bankruptcy in U.S. history
• Site will now host 4 SMR’s

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Scholarships

University Research

• Energy Transitions, Policy, and Security:
• Ben Lindley
• Paul Wilson
• Stephanie Diem
• Nuclear Materials (Fission & Fusion):
• Kumar Sridharan
• Adrien Couet
• Yongfeng Zhang
• Charlie Hirst
• Mark Anderson
• Nuclear Systems Engineering:
• Juliana Duarte
• Ben Lindley
• Paul Wilson
• Mark Anderson

• Experimental Plasma Physics:
• Stephanie Diem (Pegasus III)
• Benedikt Geiger (HSX)
• Oliver Schmidt
• Plasma Theory & Computation:
• Chris Hegna
• Oliver Schmidt
• Adelle Wright
• Paul Wilson & Ben Lindley kinda
• Dept. of Health Physics (All professors):
• MRI
• Image Guided Therapy
• Radiation Therapy
• Nuclear Medicine
• Cell Imaging (X-ray/CT)
• Molecular Imaging

🔗 Link to NEEP Faculty contact info

Fellowships

• All are researched based
• Apply through Wisconsin Scholarship Hub
• Opportunities to present at conferences and connect with research scientists at UW + collaborating companies

Exit Ticket: Pre-Finals Prep/Wellness

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Before you leave: Use the rest of the meeting time to do one small thing to get yourself in a good place for the end of the semester and beginning of finals!

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You could…

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-Plan out tasks/assignments for the next week on a to-do list/planner/calendar

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-Do one thing you've been procrastinating (answer a lingering email, read through and start a big assignment, etc.)

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-Look up and pick out a nutritious breakfast/meal recipe to make for yourself during finals

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-Pick a RecWell group fitness class to attend before/during finals to get some exercise and/or clear your mind (I recommend yoga!)

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Do something for your mental/physical well-being and share it with me or a friend before you head out! 😁

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THANKS FOR COMING!