AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY�General Member Meeting

Wednesday, October 9 ^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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• Point Beach Nuclear Plant
• Sunday, October 20th
• Info is out if you’re signed up
• During refueling, potentially see fuel moves

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• Nuclear Science Week (October 21-25)
• Monday: Delta Beer Labs
• Tuesday: Local Section Meeting
• Wednesday: Tabling at Library Mall
• Thursday: NEEP Scholarship Reception
• Friday: Homecoming Parade

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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• ABET Evaluation Meeting
• Next Monday, 3pm, ERB 1011
• Need a mix of all years
• Talk to ABET evaluator for renewing NEEP’s accreditation

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FUNDRAISING

• Basketball and Hockey Concessions
• Dates TBD, will hopefully have 2 or 3 this semester
• Must be ServSafe alcohol certified (we will facilitate this)
• 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

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Microsoft deal propels Three Mile Island restart, with key permits still needed

• Microsoft partnered with Constellation energy to start up Three Mile Island for data center
• Start up will apply to unit 1 which shut down in 2019
• $1.6 billion projected to start back up the plant
• Looking for support from federal government to have like funding like Palisades nuclear

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Corrosion exceeds estimates at Michigan nuclear plant US wants to restart, regulator says

• Federal Government finalized $1.52 billion loan for Palisades plant
• NRC found stress cracks in 1163 tubes of plants more than 16000 tubes

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Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico

• Review of a ruling from 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
• NRC gave verification of private company: Interim Storage Partners to build containment site
• Ruling stating that this is outside of the NRC justiciation

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2 charged in case of illegal exports for Russian nuclear energy

• Sam Bhambhani, 55, of North Attleboro, Mass., and Maxim Teslenko, 35, of Moscow, were each indicted on one count of smuggling and one count of conspiracy to violate and evade export controls, commit smuggling, and defraud the United States.
• Over the exportation of laser welding machines.
• 10 year sentance

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Japan’s tokamak sets world record, achieves plasma volume of 160 cubic meters

• JT-60SA has set the record for largest plasma recorded
• JT-60 has been around since the 1970’s but recently go upgraded in 2021 to JT-60SA
• Can help advance the research of large scale plasmas for ITER

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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

THANKS FOR COMING!