Photos and Presentation from the April 9th, 2014 Speaker Event with Michael Quinn

Dr. Michael D. Quinn, of WorkPlace Cornerstone Associates (WCA), presented “Transuranic Uptake at a Commercial Nuclear Power Station” to a group of 24 on April 9th, 2014.  This was a fascinating presentation about a little known significant event at the Bruce Nuclear Power Station in Canada.  Everyone in our industry can and should learn from this event that included many institutionalized errors.  An informative and very helpful Q&A period followed the presentation.  The slides are available below:

20140409 Overview of Radiological Event (Rev 2)

Photos from this Speaker Meeting are below (more to follow soon!):

Thank you all for attending!

Photos from the Granby Memorial High School Job Shadow Day

Below are photos from the February 4th, 2014 Second Annual Job Shadow Day.  Students form Granby Memorial High School were invited into the Westinghouse Electric Company’s Addison Road Fuel Manufacturing Facility.   The students were paired with engineers working on the factory floor for part of the day.  Group sessions were also held to answer questions and to discuss career and college choices for ALL engineering fields.   A big THANK YOU to Westinghouse and to the Volunteers and the students who participated!

Photos from the Second Annual ANS Connecticut Section Celebration

Below are photos from the August 15th, 2013 Second Annual ANS Connecticut Section Celebration.  Section members enjoyed free food and conversation at J&G’s Restaurant in East Granby CT.  At the start of the evening, Uli Decher was presented with an award to thank him for his vital efforts in the section revitalization.

Thank you all for another great year!

Suzy Hobbs Baker Photos from the 2013 ANS National Meeting In Atlanta

Suzy Hobbs Baker of PopAtomic Studios put together this great video montage of her photos from the from the 2013 Annual ANS Meeting in Atlanta!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZwD3zvsvJo&feature=player_embedded

WIN and ANS Members at the Burns School

Some ANS Connecticut Section Members volunteered to help out Women in Nuclear complete their final project with the Burn’s School for Latino Studies on Wednesday June 12^th.  The 5th grade participants made paper rockets, tin foil boats, and towers out of marshmallows and spaghetti.  Some of the kids might even have learned something along the way!   It was a great day full of fun for everyone as the school year winds down for summer.

Photos from the May 22nd Speaker Meeting “The Challenges of Cyber Security in Nuclear Energy”

Below are photos from the May 22nd, 2013 Speaker Meeting “The Challenges of Cyber Security in Nuclear Energy” featuring ANS Past President, Ted Quinn.  This was another terrific meeting where a lot of old friends – who incidentally helped shape the modern nuclear industry – got back together.   Thanks you once again to the Nutmeg Restaurant in East Windsor, CT.  There were 28 people in attendance including 4 students.  Thank you to all who joined us!

Photos and Presentation from the April 30th NE Section Speaker Meeting with NRC Commissioner George Apostolakis

Below are photos from the April 30th, 2013 Northeastern Section Speaker Meeting “Risk and Performance Based NRC Initiatives” featuring NRC Commissioner  George Apostolakis.  Quite a few Connecticut Section Members were among the 100+ in attendance for this excellent presentation hosted by Invensys.  Thank You to the NE Section for a great night.

Prof. Bahram Nassersharif

Cmr. George Apostolakis

Commissioner Apostolakis’ Presentation Materials are available here:  20130430-presentation-apostolakis-ans-ne.pdf

Connecticut Section Attends Coloquium on North American Energy Policy

Felix Meissner and Shawn Downey participated in the third Colloquium on North American Energy Policy: Opportunities and Challenges in Nuclear Energy at the Consulate General of Mexico in New York City on April 18, 2013.

This meeting was sponsored by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) of New York in collaboration with the Consulate General of Canada and the Consulate General Mexico.  This colloquium included 35 participants from the US, Canadian, and Mexican governments as well as industry representatives and academia.

A lively discussion was held on how best to promote and support the adoption of commercial nuclear electricity production throughout North America.  Nuclear power is of significant interest to the AJC Energy Committee as it is seen as critical to regional energy independence and security.

Photos from the April 3rd Speaker Meeting “The Fukushima Lady”

Below are photos from the April 3rd, 2013 Speaker Meeting “The Fukushima Lady” featuring Margaret Harding.  This was another very successful meeting at the Nutmeg Restaurant in East Windsor, CT.  There were 40 people in attendance including 10 students.  Thank you to all who joined us!

Granby Memorial High School Job Shadow Day

On February 5th, 2013, Westinghouse hosted a “Job Shadow Day” for 12 students from the Granby Memorial High School interested in engineering careers.  ANS Connecticut Section Officers Elizabeth Sundstrom, Felix Meissner, and Shawn Downey participated along with engineers from the Westinghouse Addison Road facility in Windsor, Connecticut.

The students were given a tour of the manufacturing floor and shown first hand how PWR fuel assemblies are made.  We later broke into small groups and tried our best to answer all the questions put to us.  Discussions included practical college and career advice as well as what engineers actually do all day.  It seems that we all had a few war stories to share.

Everyone who participated gave positive feedback and we hope to make this an annual event.