AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY�General Member Meeting

Wednesday, October 1st, 2025

Sign in with QR code in the front!

AGENDA

• Teambuilding
• Critical Conference Info (ba-dum tsss)
• Upcoming event plugs
• Volunteering Info
• Captain Neutron Announcement
• Nuke News
• 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

TEAM KAHOOT- NUCLEAR EDITION

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 (next slide)
• ANS-UW has travel financial aid packages!

ANS STUDENT CONFERENCE

• Tours:
• On-campus reactors: NuScale simulator, molten salt reactor
• Power plants: STP, Comanche Peak
• Cyclotron, borehole demo
• Other features:
• Thursday dinner: Kyle Field Hall of Champions
• Friday dinner: Aggie Park tailgate
• Disaster City: radiation detection workshop

ANS STUDENT CONFERENCE- POINTS SYSTEM

How to get financial aid

ANS STUDENT CONFERENCE- TRANSPORTATION

HOW ARE WE GETTING THERE??

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!

MIDWEST MEETUP- WINNER! MICHIGAN!!!

Michigan Ion Beam Lab

Fastest Path to Zero software workshop

Nuclear Plant Simulation Laboratory

Nuclear codes workshop (MOOSE, OpenMC, etc.)

Campus scavenger hunt

AI Multiphysics Simulators

Peter Hotvedt!

MIDWEST MEETUP- WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

• Get authorized to drive! Get a Volunteering point!
• Instructions in the weekly email
• If you already have, let us know
• Indicate your interest so we can book hotels, vehicles
• Transparency: we might ask you for $50

Interest form

WEEKLY EVENTS

WEDNESDAYS:

8:00am-10:00am

WEDNESDAYS:

7:30pm-9:00pm

FRIDAYS:

7:00am-8:30am

MONDAYS:

5:00pm-7:00pm

UPCOMING EVENTS- WESTINGHOUSE VISIT

• Tue. Oct. 7th, 6:30pm - 7:30pm, ERB 106
• They sponsored us, so let’s give them a big turnout!
• Professional Development Point

UPCOMING EVENTS- TIE BLANKET MAKING

• Thurs. Oct. 16th, 4:00pm - 5:00pm, ERB 106
• Volunteering point!

UPCOMING EVENTS- BYRON POWER PLANT TOUR

• Partnership with Energy Analysis and Policy students
• Date TBD- just get excited!

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 required- online or in-person

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Sign up here!

New ServSafe: Oct. 15th, 1p-4p

Email externalvp.uwans@gmail.com to register

SUBCOMMITTEES- NARO MARCH

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

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show up! - tristan

SUBCOMMITTEES- NUCLEAR SCIENCE WEEK

• Library mall tabling! Barbenheimer-themed beginner’s swing dance!
• TODO: OTHER SPECIFIC EVENTS?
• Contact Casey Brophey (publicinfo.uwans@gmail.com) if you’re interested in helping

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• Get more involved with the Department

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• Help introduce students to UW

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• Not signing up for any particular event- just on a roster

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• Check your inbox for an email from Lili Sarajian

NEEP STUDENT AMBASSADORS

• 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. Nov. 5th, 6:00pm

Where: Cheney Room

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CAPTAIN NEUTRON IS…

CAPTAIN NEUTRON IS…

William Austin Brandt!

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NUCLEAR NEWS

LINK

Eni signs power purchase agreement with CFS

• September 22nd - Multinational Energy company Eni signed a $1 Billion+ PPA with Commonwealth Fusion Systems for the power from its planned first ARC power plant in Chesterfield County, VA
• Follows a similar agreement with Google earlier this summer and an additional $863 million Series B2 funding round

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Russia commits to helping China overtake the US in nuclear power

• China currently has 53.2 GW of installed nuclear capacity and plans to surpass the US installed capacity of 97 GW
• Russia has already built reactors in China and plans to further collaboration
• Alexei Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom, has said that China will develop a generation of closed fuel cycle reactors based on Russian tech

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Oklo Breaks Ground

• September 4th - Oklo announces phase one plans for a $1.68 Billion fuel recycling facility, the first of its kind in the US
• Exploring plans with TVA for fuel recycling and new reactors
• September 22nd - Oklo breaks ground on first Aurora powerhouse at Idaho National Lab
• Part of DOE’s Reactor Pilot Program and expects one to be operational by July 4, 2026

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Fusion Experts testify before House Energy Subcommittee

• September 18th - The Energy Subcommittee held a hearing titled “Igniting America’s Energy Future: The Promise and Progress of Fusion Power.”
• Participants called for further federal investment in research and workforce development (request for $10 billion)
• Those testifying included UW-Madison Assistant Professor Stephanie Diem!

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Nuclear Power in Wisconsin is here to stay

• September 30th - The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the operating licenses of both Units 1 and 2 at Point Beach for an additional 20 years
• Unit 1 will now be able to operate until 2050 and Unit 2 will be able to operate until 2053
• Follows early talks of a new nuclear plant at the old Kewaunee plant site, to potentially begin operations in 2038

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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!