Conferences | UWC 2017

Atomic Rod is live tweeting from ANS UWC 2017

ByRod Adams August 7, 2017July 3, 2020

I am at the ANS Utility Working Conference and tweeting frequently today. If you want to follow along or review the archive, my Twitter account is @atomicrod.

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Will be catching up with advanced and small reactor innovators in Atlanta

ByRod Adams March 15, 2017July 3, 2020

Nuclear Energy Insider, a UK based trade publication and conference organizer that shares an acronym name with the Nuclear Energy Institute, will be holding its 7th annual early spring event focusing on small and advanced reactors. The Summit includes a face-paced, two day agenda on March 30-31. The venue is the conveniently located Westing Buckhead,…

Displacing LNT assertion with evidence

ByRod Adams September 30, 2018July 1, 2020

A joint ANS/HPS (American Nuclear Society/Health Physics Society) meeting titled “Applicability of Radiation Protection Models to Low Dose Protection Standards” (hashtag #LowDose2018) will kick-off tonight. This much anticipated event has attracted 200 medical, radiation and nuclear energy experts to the booming metropolis of Pasco, WA. The site is appropriate, Pasco is one of the three…

ANS Winter Meeting – “Nuclear: The Foundation of Sensible Policy for Energy, Economy and the Environment”

ByRod Adams November 2, 2015July 14, 2020

In less than a week, I will be joining about 1200 or more of my fellow members of the American Nuclear Society at the annual winter meeting. The gathering place is the Marriott Wardman Park; the dates are November 8-12. This year the meeting theme is “Nuclear: The Foundation of Sensible Policy for Energy, Economy…

Nuclear Energy: Past, Present, and Future

ByRod Adams March 30, 2014July 16, 2020

On Friday, March 28, 2014, I had the privilege of attending a symposium at Dartmouth College titled Three Mile Island 35th Anniversary Symposium: The Past, Present, and Future of Nuclear Energy. If you are curious and have a free nine hours, you can watch an archived copy of the main event on YouTube. The thing…

Sense of purpose at the 2023 ANS Utility Working Conference

ByRod Adams August 12, 2023August 12, 2023

The theme at the annual American Nuclear Society Utility Working Conference (#ANSUWC) was resiliency, a term that applies equally well to the equipment and the people that make up the U.S. nuclear industry. Resiliency is similar to the materials engineering term of toughness; it’s the ability to withstand pressure and blows and to spring back…

NCSE Food-Water-Energy Nexus – Day 1

ByRod Adams January 20, 2016July 13, 2020

The National Council on Science and the Environment (NCSE) is holding its annual conference this week at the Hyatt-Regency National Airport hotel in Washington, DC. This year’s conference topic is the food-water-energy nexus; it is aimed at bringing together people who are deeply engaged in science, actions, and policy development to address one, two or…

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