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• Why I voted for Jacques Besnainou for ANS President elect

  The CEO of Areva North America has knowledge and experience managing the entire nuclear fuel cycle and large organizations. Plus, he’s easy to talk to and has a great sense of humor. Over the past few months Jacques Besnainou (right) made the rounds of several chapters of the American Nuclear Society ( ANS) to talk about his candidacy to be in a leadership position for the organization. ( official... Posted Mar 04 2010, 01:03 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: American Nuclear Society, Jacques Besnainou

• Besnainou throws hat in ring for ANS president

  Areva CEO brings his message about the facts of nuclear energy to the run Jacques Besnainou, CEO of Areva in the U.S., (left) is running for president of the American Nuclear Society ( ANS ). He brought his vision of what he would do if elected to Idaho Falls, ID , on Dec 15 where he spoke to the Idaho Section of ANS. It is the largest and most active section in the professional society. Besnainou... Posted Dec 16 2009, 12:42 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: American Nuclear Society, Areva Enrichment Services, Jacques Besnainou

• Next week - ANS Winter Meeting

  There’s a lot going on at the American Nuclear Society conference in Washington, DC, Nov 15-19 If you work in the nuclear energy industry, the “can’t miss” conference is ANS Winter  Meeting & Nuclear Technology Expo . It will take place Nov 15-19 at the OMNI Shoreham hotel in Washington, DC.  The opening plenary session Monday morning, Nov 16, will set the stage for the meeting. ... Posted Nov 09 2009, 10:53 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: American Nuclear Society, ANS, ANS annual meeting, industry, expo, technology

• Updates to the Blogroll

  Energy & environmental bloggers added The blogsphere expands rapidly albeit not like galaxies at the speed of  light in outer space though sometimes it feels that way.  This week I made some additions and changes to the blog roll. Additions are from the fields of environmental economics and climate change because what happens there affects the nuclear energy industry.  I am reading... Posted Oct 11 2009, 01:30 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear energy, Idaho Samizdat, American Nuclear Society, Nuclear Energy Bloggers, Site News, Dan Yurman, AREVA North America, Nuclear Power, AREVA Inc.

• Participate in blog action day

  Nuclear energy advocates can add their voice on the topic of climate change Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world's bloggers  in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Blog Action Day 2009 will be the largest-ever social change event on the web. One day. One issue. Thousands... Posted Oct 09 2009, 08:47 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear energy, Idaho Samizdat, American Nuclear Society, Nuclear Energy Bloggers, Site News, Dan Yurman, AREVA North America, Nuclear Power, AREVA Inc.

• Nuclear bloggers at ANS winter meeting

  An open invitation for dialog on social media and nuclear energy The winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) will take place in Washington, DC, November 14-18, this year, at the OMNI Sheraton hotel just off Connecticut Ave., NW, at Calvert, a block from the Woodley-Park Metro station. [ map ] While there is no formal session on blogging and social media in the program, several nuclear... Posted Oct 09 2009, 11:09 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: American Nuclear Society, ANS, blogging, meeting, social media, dialog

• Right-size reactors fuel vision of new ANS president

  Thomas Sanders comes to the office this week with a commitment to help the U.S. rebuild its manufacturing capabilities for nuclear technologies In an exclusive interview with the Energy Collective, Thomas Sanders, Ph.D., who takes office today as the President of the American Nuclear Society ( ANS ), shares his vision to revitalization of American manufacturing capabilities for "right-size"... Posted Jun 16 2009, 03:56 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: American Nuclear Society, small reactors, Thomas L. Sanders

• Blogsphere meet up at ANS Atlanta

  ANS annual meeting Atlanta, GA June 14-18, 2009 I'll be speaking at the annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) on the subject of pro-nuclear advocacy using social media such as blogs, instant messaging, and emerging online tools. Focus on Communications: The Nuclear Story and Other Tales – Panel Discussion; Wed. afternoon, sponsored by the Education & Training Div. I'm calling... Posted Mar 28 2009, 01:18 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: American Nuclear Society, Atlanta, national meeting

• Nuclear industry needs to tell its story

  We're burning dead dinosaurs at an extraordinary rate! The nuclear industry could do a better job telling its story says Eric Loewen, the current treasurer of the American Nuclear Society . At the December monthly meeting of the Idaho Section of ANS, Loewen who is now a senior nuclear engineer for General Electric in Wilmington, NC, told a story of how the industry's best flubbed an opportunity... Posted Dec 07 2007, 07:24 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: American Nuclear Society, Eric P. Loewen

• Organizing the world's nuclear fuel cycle

  Sustainable energy supply requires reliable fuel and nuclear safeguards Sometimes the wizards of the nuclear world are hidden from view, and when they have organized themselves on the remote, high desert of Idaho, it seems their work might be invisible. Some light was shed on the federal government's plans for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership ( GNEP ) at the September monthly dinner meeting of... Posted Oct 13 2007, 02:14 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: GNEP, American Nuclear Society, Idaho National Laboratory, Phillip Finck