AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY�General Member Meeting

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025

Sign in with QR code in the front!

AGENDA

• Introductions
• Get to Know You
• Weekly & Upcoming Events
• Other Ways to Get Involved
• Nuclear News
• Appendix: General Resources and Open Floor Discussion

ABOUT ANS

• Who are we?
• Registered student org all about nuclear science and technology. Members are all nuclear-passionate UW students
• What do we do?
• Networking/professional development
• Workshops, facility tours, lab visits
• Advocacy
• Youth Workshops, K-12 visits, upcoming march
• Socials!
• To be revealed…

2025-2026 EXECUTIVE BOARD

President

Asher Jewell

president.uwans@gmail.com

Communications

Tristan Engelmann

communications.uwans@gmail.com

Internal Vice President

Nick Tierney

internalvp.uwans@gmail.com

Youth Workshop

Will Gergen

youthworkshop.uwans@gmail.com

External Vice President

Katarina Dries

externalvp.uwans@gmail.com

K-12 Outreach

Winter Bevan

outreach.uwans@gmail.com

Public Information

Casey Brophey

publicinfo.uwans@gmail.com

Faculty Advisor

Paul Wilson

facadvisor.uwans@gmail.com

Treasurer

Teresa Salazar

treasurer.uwans@gmail.com

Social

Eliot Ciuperca

social.uwans@gmail.com

INTRODUCE YOURSELVES- BINGO!

Winner gets a

FREE T-SHIRT

WEEKLY EVENTS

WEDNESDAYS:

8:00am-10:00am

WEDNESDAYS:

7:30pm-9:00pm

FRIDAYS:

7:00am-8:30am

MONDAYS:

5:00pm-7:00pm

UPCOMING EVENTS- CAREER FAIR

• Sept. 15 - Sept. 18
• More details from Engineering Career Services
• (Dress code is business casual)
• Evening With Nuclear Industry
• Sept. 17, 5:30pm, Engineering Centers Building atrium
• Free food!

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UPCOMING EVENTS- UNION SOUTH BOWLING

• When: Thursday, Sept. 11, time TBA
• Where: Union South, Sett basement
• Why: Kickoff social, just to have fun!

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UPCOMING EVENTS- FORWARD MADISON MATCH

• When: Saturday, Sept. 13, kickoff 6:00pm
• Where: Breese Stevens Field
• Cost: $15.19 (two free beverages included!)

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UPCOMING EVENTS- VOLLEYBALL INTRAMURAL

• First meeting: Sun. Sept. 21st, 12:00pm
• Rest of schedule will be made after teams are formed, but no more frequent than weekly
• Cost: $30 to join for the whole semester

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Sign up here

UPCOMING EVENTS- PIC-NUKE

• When: Fri. Sept. 26, 5:00pm-8:00pm
• Where: Vilas Park Shelter
• Why:
• Socialize with NEEP students, faculty, and friends
• Free food!

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RSVP Here

UPCOMING EVENTS- PEER INTERNSHIP PANEL

• When: Tue. Sept. 23rd, 5:30pm-6:30pm
• Where: ERB 106
• Why:
• Learn about others’ internship experience
• Get advice on how to get internships

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Sign up to be a panelist here

UPCOMING EVENTS- NEW STUDENT WELCOME

• When: Mon. Sept. 8th, 6:00pm-7:00pm
• Where: ME 1156
• Why:
• Meet your fellow first-years and learn more about the NEEP department
• Free pizza!

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RSVP Here

ANS STUDENT CONFERENCE

• Theme: Don’t Mess With Nuclear: Leading the Way
• When: April 16th-19th
• Where: Texas A&M University
• Why:
• Gather students in nuclear to share experiences
• Present your research (call for papers in January)
• Really cool tours
• ANS-UW has travel financial aid packages!

MIDWEST MEETUP

• When: November 7th-9th
• Where: MISSOURI S&T VS. MICHIGAN
• Why:
• Meet and socialize with nuke students from the Midwest
• Tour reactors, materials labs, and more
• Attend panels and workshops- learn nuclear codes!

CONCESSIONS FUNDRAISING

• Serve concessions at basketball/hockey games
• AT LEAST ONE REQUIRED for Conference financial aid
• Scan the QR Code to see schedule and sign up!
• ServSafe alcohol training usually required- see weekly email

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YOUTH WORKSHOP

• When: Sat. Oct. 25, 9:00am-3:00pm
• Where: ME 1106
• Why:
• Help Scouts of America get Nuclear Science Merit Badges
• Free Jimmy John’s!

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Sign up to volunteer

SUBCOMMITTEES- NARO MARCH

• Nuclear Advocacy Research Organization- National pro-nuclear power march
• When: Wed. Oct. 8th
• How to get involved: Join the GroupMe or email Tristan at communications.uwans@gmail.com

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SUBCOMMITTEES- NUCLEAR SCIENCE WEEK

• When: Oct. 20th-24th
• Why: Take a week to advocate and educate about nuclear- many events to put on!
• How to get involved: contact Casey Brophey at publicinfo.uwans@gmail.com

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GET INVOLVED

• Get authorized to drive UW vehicles (instructions in weekly email)
• Food pantry donations- 10 items for a volunteering point
• Submit your resume on our website (under member resources)
• Tell us about your summer
• Vy for Captain Neutron
• Buy a T-Shirt! ($20)

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And stay tuned for tours, K-12 workshops

• Become an official member of the national organization

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• $35 for you, we get ~$20 back for the chapter

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• Need it anyways for conference

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• You get the ANS magazine and other resources!

JOIN NATIONAL

ans.org/join

GET INFORMED

• Homepage: https://ans.engineering.wisc.edu/
• Calendar, membership information, event sign up, etc.
• Instagram: @ans_uwmadison
• See updates on our goings-on
• Mailing list
• Receive weekly emails to get info on upcoming events
• Sign up with QR code

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NEXT MEETING!

When: Wed. Oct. 1st, 6:00pm

Where: Cheney Room

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NUCLEAR NEWS

LINK

Aalo Atomics breaks ground at INL site

• August 28th - Aalo Atomics hosted a groundbreaking of their demonstration reactor at Idaho National Lab
• Goal of entering operations by July 4th, 2026
• Additionally, Westinghouse and Radiant’s microreactor products were selected for the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) project, also at INL

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Meta to buy power from Clinton Clean Energy Center

• Meta signed a 20 year power purchase agreement with Constellation for the power from Clinton Clean Energy Center
• Will allow plant to remain open, apply for a license extension, and receive a power uprate
• Follows a similar agreement last year for Microsoft to purchase power from the reopening Three Mile Island Unit 1

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) raises additional $863 million

• CFS announced the secondary Series B funding round on August 28th, bringing total funding raised to almost $3 Billion
• The new group of investors included NVIDIA, which joins Google and Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy major investors

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Palisades Nuclear Generating Station re-enters operational status

• August 25th - Palisades Nuclear Generating Station officially transitioned from decommissioning status back to operational status
• Officially commissioned in 1971, closed by Entergy in May 2022, and sold to Holtec June 2022
• DOE is offering $1.5 Billion in loans to support the reopening, in addition to state funding

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TVA and Entra1 to deploy 6 GW of NuScale SMRs

• The Tennessee Valley Authority announced the partnership today which will add 6 GW of installed nuclear capacity to its service area
• Plants will be financed, built, owned, and operated by Entra1 who will be selling the power produced to TVA
• Plants will be built using the NuScale 77 MWe NPM

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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

OPEN FLOOR: QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK?

THANKS FOR COMING!