ANS-NE Meeting History
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Program Meeting Schedule 2025/2026
| Date | TOPIC / SPEAKER | LOCATION | ANSNE COORD. |
| September 25, 2025 | NAS Committee member Jeff Semancik (CT DEEP) on the National Academy of Science Report âMerits and Viability of Different Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Technology Options and the Waste Aspects of Advanced Nuclear Reactorsâ. | SGH & Virtual Waltham, MA | B Graber B Capstick |
| October 22, 2025 | Commonwealth Fusion Systems Tour of Devens Facility â joint with New England Chapter of the Health Physics Society | CFS Devens, MA | C Roy |
| November 6, 2025 | Annual Student Presentations on their College Nuclear Programs and Areas of Interest. (MIT); (WPI); (UML); (URI); (Brown). | SGH & Virtual Waltham, MA | N Glucksberg, B Capstick |
| January 21, 2026 | Speaker J.M. OâConnell. âMaking Sense Of The Many Reactor Possibilitiesâ | SGH & Virtual Waltham, MA | B Capstick |
| February 26, 2026 | Microreactor Designs that Make Economic Sense â MIT Professor Jacomo Buongiomo | SGH & Virtual Waltham, MA | C Roy |
| March 26, 2026 | Advanced Nuclear and Fusion Energy Roadmaps UMass Lowell Professor Sukesh Aghara | Haley & Aldrich + Virtual Burlington, MA |
Program Meeting Schedule 2024/2025
| Date | TOPIC / SPEAKER | LOCATION | ANSNE COORD. |
| September 10, 2024 | Presentation by Miss America 2023 and Nuclear Engineering Student Grace Stanke. Joint effort with several organizations and student sections. | SGH: 500 Totten Pond Road, Waltham, MA | C. Roy C. Pimentel |
| October 16, 2024 | Tour of Commonwealth Fusion Devens Facility | In person, Danvers, MA | C. Roy I. Goldman |
| November 7, 2024 | Student Presentations on their College Nuclear Programs and Areas of Interest. (MIT); (WPI); (UML); (URI) (Brown); Speakers to be proposed by Program chairs | SGH Waltham, MA | N Glucksberg B Capstick B. McNeely |
| January 30, 2025 | Nuclear Propulsion Technology in Outer Space â Barham Nassersharif | EPM Framingham, MA | N Glucksberg |
| March 19, 2025 | Presentation by new ANS President Lisa Marshall | SGH Waltham, MA | N Glucksberg |
| April 3, 2025 | ANS âNavigating Nuclear Programâ Presentation ââ ANS Program Presentation | Hybrid, SGH Waltham, MA | N Glucksberg |
| May 22, 2025 | Historical Foundations of the Linear No-Threshold Dose Response Model for Cancer Risk Assessment; Dr. Edward J. Calabrese (Ph.D.), Professor of Toxicology of University of Massachusetts. Will be a combined HPS and ANS-NE meeting | SGH Waltham, MA | N Glucksberg B Campbell B Graber |
| June â August 2025 | Summer Break |
Program Meeting Schedule 2023/2024
| Date | TOPIC / SPEAKER | LOCATION | ANSNE COORD. |
| Sep 20 2023 | Holtec-Hyundai Small Modular Reactor (SMR-160) Development Project? | SGH & Virtual | C Adey? |
| Oct 24, 2023 | Tour of Commonwealth Fusion Devens Facility. Participation limited to 20 with the attendees list due to Commonwealth by 10/17. | In Person? | B Kalantari? |
| Nov 7,2023 | Student Presentations on their College Nuclear Programs and Areas of Interest.? | SGH ? In person speakers? | N Glucksberg and B Capstick? |
| Jan 24, 2024 | Presentation on the Status of Advanced Reactor Technologies by Ben Holtzman, Nuclear Energy Institute Director for New Nuclear ? Topic: Future of New Nuclear | SGH & Virtual | B Capstick |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Tour of SGH Applied Science and Research Laboratory by Steve Palkovic & Normal Perkins | SGH | C Roy |
| Apr 4, 2024 | Section Networking Dinner ? C Roy ? date confirmed (5:30 to 8:30) | Ruthâs Chris Steak House Waltham MA | C Roy |
| May 21, 2024 | Holtec-Hyundai Small Modular Reactor Development Project â Guest Speaker: Brian Zandstra of Holtec International ? speaker will be remote | Remote ZOOM session | C. Adey |
| June â August 2024 | Summer Break |
Program Meeting Schedule 2022/2023
| Date | TOPIC / SPEAKER | LOCATION | ANSNE COORD. |
| Sept 20, 2022 | âEnergy Committee Viewpointsâ â Massachusetts State Senate Energy Committee Chair Michael Barrett | SGH & Virtual | N Glucksberg |
| Oct 12, 2022 | Sam Brinton ? Deputy Assistant Secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy for the Department of Energy ? Virtual presentation | SGH & Virtual | N Glucksberg ? to include MIT Student Section |
| Nov 10, 2022 | Student Presentations on their College Nuclear Programs and Areas of Interest ? Meeting notice release planned for October 14th. | SGH & Virtual | N Glucksberg and B Capstick |
| Jan 18, 2023 | Future Nuclear Fuel Supply and Reprocessing | EPM & Virtual | B Kalantari |
| Feb 22, 2023 | Technical Presentation ? Transportation of Nuclear Fuel Rods ? SGH Speaker â Ricardo Medina | SGH | C Roy |
| Mar 1, 2023 | Panel on the ?Role for Nuclear Energy in Addressing Climate Change: Newton Democratic City Committee Climate Committee | Virtual | B Kalantari |
| Mar 22, 2023 | MIT Study ?Sources of Cost Overrun in Nuclear Power Plant Construction Call for a New Approach to Engineering Design? Speaker â Jessica Trancik | SGH | D Kapitz |
| April 27, 2023 | Connecticut State and New England/New York Support in Response to a Nuclear Detonation in a Simulated Scenario ? Speaker Jeff Semancik (CT DEEP Radiation Division Director) | EPM | C Adey and B Graber |
| May 23, 2023 | TerraPowerâs Natrium Reactor â Eric Williams, VP of Engineering | SGH & Virtual | I Goldman |
Program Meeting Schedule 2021/2022
| Date | TOPIC / SPEAKER | LOCATION | ANSNE COORD. |
| Jan 26 | ?Seismic Structural Analysis and Design of Nuclear Facilities? Michael Mudlock/ Christine Roy Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, | Virtual | C Roy |
| Mar 22 | ?Oklo Micro-Reactor? ? Dr. Jacob DeWitt CEO and Co-founder ? originally scheduled for the February meeting but was postponed | Virtual | N Glucksberg |
| April 19 | ?Commonwealth Fusion? â Alex Creely, Head of Tokamak Operations | In-person at SHG Offices and Virtual | N Glucksberg |
| May 5 | ?The American Nuclear Society, Nuclear Policy, and Other Stuffâ â ANS President Steve Nesbit ? in conjunction with the MIT Student Section | Virtual | R Capstick |
Program Meeting Schedule 2020/2021
| Dates | TOPIC / SPEAKER |
| Sept 22 | Meet the ANS-NE Section Members (Virtual) |
| Oct 20 | Historical Foundations of the Linear Non-Threshold Dose Response Model for Cancer Risk Assessment; Dr. Edward J. Calabrese (Ph.D.), Professor of Toxicology of University of Massachusetts.(edwardc@schoolph.umass.edu) |
| Nov 17 | Nick Irvin, Southern Company Services, NEI Molten Salt Reactor Technology Working Group (Webcast) |
| Jan 19 | Katrina McMurrian, Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition |
| Feb 16 | NASA Nuclear;? Dr. Michael Houts, Nuclear Research Manager, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Mar 23 | ANS President, Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar <maryloudunzikgoug@isu.edu> |
| May 18 | Energy Storage: NEC Energy Solutions CEO, Steve Fludder |
Program Meeting Schedule 2018/19
| Dates | TOPIC / SPEAKER | LOCATION | ANSNE COORD. |
| Sept. 13 | Social Function / Section Meeting- | CopperHse Tavern,Waltham | J.Nuechterlein |
| Oct. 18 | ?Make Nuclear Cool Again?. Bradley Williams, Senior Advisor, Office of Nuclear Energy, DOE | EPM | R. Kalantari |
| Nov. 15 | Nuclear Movie: Manhattan Project or Countdown to Zero; | UML-Olsen Hall Rm 102 | S.Aghara/ J.Nuechterlein |
| Jan 31 | January 31, 2019:? Dr. Lin-wen Hu, PhD, PE: Director, Research and Services; MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory | SGH | S.Stamm |
| Feb 21 | âTransportation of High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel in the Northeastâ? (John Giarrusso, MEMA | MEMA Bunker Framingham | R. Capstick |
| Mar 28 | John F. Kotek, NEI Vice President, Policy Development and Public Affairs | EPM | G.Brown/ R.Capstick |
| Apr 25 | Seabrook Meeting & Tour (Joe Donahue, Duke) | Seabrook | S.Aghara S.Stamm |
| May 15 | Annual Section Meeting (BBQ) at Allen House, South UML Campus | UML | S.Aghara |
Program Meeting Schedule 2017/18
| Dates | TOPIC / SPEAKER | LOCATION | ANSNE COORD. |
| Sept 20 | Social/ Section Fall Meeting | Owen Oleary?s, Southboro | Stamm/ B.Campbell |
| Oct 18 | Life after Nuclear Plant Shutdown ( VYNP) Pilgrim) Jennifer Stromsten, Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation | EPM | Shaffer/ Stamm |
| Nov? 21 | Advances in risk-based design (Mark Linn ORNL) Webcast (Backup-Pourgol-Mohammad, Mohammad; Darvin Kapitz) | EPM | Stamm |
| Jan 23 | NFPA 805 (Vicken A. Khatchadourian, P.E., Technical Manager EPM; Jason H. LeMaire, Consulting Engineer EPM) | EPM | Kalantari |
| Feb 28 | Student Quiz Show | UML | Aghara |
| Mar 27 | Massachusetts Energy Policy- Climate Change (Chair of Joint MA committee on Energy, Senator Mike Barrett) | SIMPSON GUMPERTZ & HEGER, | Stamm |
| April 18 | Outage Planning and Execution (Seabrook Bonnie Bryant, Director Work management) | Seabrook | Kapitz |
| May 16 | NuScale SMR / Section Annual Meeting (Chris Cobert, NuScale) | EPM | Kalantari |
Program Meeting Schedule 2016-17
| Dates | TOPIC / SPEAKER | LOCATION | ANSNE COORD. |
| ?Sept 14 | Section Fall Meeting; Life After 60 (Subsequent License Renewal) (SLR)- David Petti (INL) | EPM | Stamm |
| ?Oct 11 | Cyber Security? (Stephen Batson, Deloitte) | EPM | Stamm |
| ?Nov 15 | MIT Fusion Research Tour & Presentation ( Dr. Dennis Whyte, Director) | MIT, 175 Alden St. & Lab | Stamm |
| ?Jan 25 | Molten Salt Reactor, ( Youssef Ballout, Elysium) | EPM | Stamm |
| ?Feb 21 | Student Presentations/Debate Meeting | UML | Brossi |
| April 3 | ANS President ; Andrew Klein | TBD | Kalantari |
| ?May? 17 | Annual Meeting; Nuclear Isotope Use, production & supply in Medicine (Ira Goldman) | EPM | Stamm |
| ?Jun 6 | Stem Cell Research (Ann Kiessling) | ALTRAN? | Stamm |
Program Meeting Schedule 2015-16
| Dates | TOPIC / SPEAKER | LOCATION | ANSNE COORD. |
| ?9/15 | Advancements in Nuclear Medicine (UML-Dr. Erno Sajo, Medical Physics) | EPM | P.Karahalus |
| 10/14 | Alden Lab Presentation and Tour; Dr. Ludwig Haber /David Schowalter | Alden Labs | M.O?Connell |
| 11/19 | New England Electricity Infrastructure Challenges? (Heather Hunt, Executive Director,? New England States Commission on Electricity) | EPM | Stamm |
| 1/20 | Radiation and Cancer: the growing global burden of cancer and new opportunities /models for addressing this burden, powered by applications in nuclear science and technology;? Wilfred Ngwa, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Radiation Oncology Department | ALTRAN | Stamm |
| 2/25 | Student Presentations? (MIT/UML/WPI/URI) | UML, Alumni Hall | M. Volk |
| 3/15 | ?What Really Happens During IAEA Inspections of Nuclear Developing Countriesâ (Marco Marzo) | EPM | S.Stamm |
| 4/12 | Pluto Space Exploration;? Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor for The Planetary Society (Video Presentation) | TBD | J. Pappas |
| 5/18 | How to Deal with Interveners Nukes (Mimi Limbach, Managing Partner, PCG) | Altran | R. Kalantari |
| 6/21-23 | Section Social | TBD | J. Process/ J. Balayan |
Program Meeting Schedule 2014-15
| Dates | TOPIC / SPEAKER | LOCATION | ANSNE COORD. |
| 9/17/2014 | Nuclear Career Opportunities (3:30 PM) | URI | Stamm/Nassarsharif |
| 9/30/2014 | Nuclear Career Opportunities | UML | Stamm/D.Sampson |
| 10/23/2014 | ?New ANS Nuclear News Center and Communications Improvement Prog.? MC Brady Rapp, ANS President | EPM | Stamm |
| 12/2/2014 | ?Transatomic Power â Adventures in Development and Marketing a New Power Plant Design?? (Leslie Dewan, CEO) | EPM | Generotti |
| 1/28/2015 | Site VP Seabrook (Dean Curtland, Site VP) Postponed due to weather; rescheduled in Fall. | UML? | Stamm |
| 2/25/2015 | Nuclear Security (S.Aghara) | Altran, Burlington, MA | Karahalios |
| 3/18/2015 | Social Meeting | PapaRazzi, Wellesley | TBD Spring break |
| 4/15/2015 | Student Nuclear Debate (MIT/UML/WPI/URI) | MIT | Stamm |
| 5/13/2015 | Site VP Seabrook (Dean Curtland, Site VP) | ALTRAN | Stamm |
| 6/17/2015 | Decommissioning Programs | Stamm/ (Szymczak) |
Program Meeting Schedule 2013-14
| Dates | TOPIC / SPEAKER | LOCATION | ANSNE COORD. |
| 9/18/2013 | Nuclear Career Opportunities/ Speakers from AREVA, CB&I, EPM, Invensys,? Seabrook, Westinghouse | UML | Stamm |
| 10/23/2013 | Debris Blockage During Long Term Cooling/ Dr. Graham Wallis, Dartmouth | EPM | Martin |
| 12/4/2013 | Dr. Cameron Goodwin, Director Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center Topic: TBD | EPM | Kalantari |
| 1/8/2014 | Regional Electrical Grid Management/ David Bertagnolli, Principal Eng. | EPM | Capstick |
| 2/12/2014 | From the AEC to Today: Hope Deferred, Not Lost/ Llewellyn King, Founder, publisher, editor in chief, The Energy Daily; chief executive officer, King Publishing Group | CB&I | Stamm |
| 3/12/2014 | Nuclear Activities in State Department / Dr. Gil Brown | EPM | Brown |
| 4/23/2014 | TBD / Dr. John Kelly, DOE | CB&I | Stamm |
| 6/4/2014 | Pebble Bed Rx/ Dr. Andrew Kadak | EPM | Stamm |
Program Meeting Schedule 2012-2013
| DATE | PROGRAM | ANS Person to Provide Info |
| 11/28/2012 | Economics of Solar Energy, Elizabeth Kennedy, Program Director, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center | Stamm |
| 1/ 2013 | Oak Ridge National Laboratory?s High Flux Isotope Reactor,? Dr. David Howard Cook, Oak Ridge National laboratory (1/24 or 1/31) | Nassersharif |
| 2/2013 | Higgs boson and other recent advances in subatomic particle research, Prof.? George Alverson, Northeastern University | Stamm |
| TBD | ______________,Dr. Tube, Harvard | ??? |
| 4/30/2013 | Risk and Performance Based NRC Initiatives, NRC Commissioner George Apostolakis | Stamm |
Program Meeting Schedule 2005/2006
| DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER | Speaker Coordinator |
| Mid-Late September | New Plants/ Buying Plants | David Christian, Senior Nuclear office, Dominion | Alex Christian |
| Late Oct-Early Nov | Isotope Production & use | Grant Malkoske, MDS Nordian | Steve Stamm |
| Early December | MIT Tour & Nuclear uses in Space | TBD | Rick Gauthier |
| January | North Korean Nuclear Program | KEDO | Jim Flaherty |
| Feb/March | India?s Nuclear Plans | TBD | Alex Christian |
| March | GE SBWR | Steve Hucik | Steve Stamm |
| April/May | Yucca Mtn | Ted Feigenbaum | Diane Quintero |
Program Meeting Schedule 2004/2005
| DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER | LOCATION | Speaker Coordinator |
| 9/23/2004 | Seabrook? Uprate???????????????????????? | Mr. Steve Hale Project Manager Seabrook? Uprate???????????????????????? Florida Power and Light | Papa Razzi | H.Shaffer |
| 10/28//2004 | Vermont Yankee | Mr. Brian Cosgrove ?Vermont Yankee | Pappa Razzi | H.Shaffer |
| 12/9/2004 | Decommissioning at Yankee and Conn Yankee | Kelly Smith Yankee Atomic Electric Company | Sheraton Lexington | H.Shaffer |
| 2/09/2005 | Nuclear Terrorism | Graham Allison Harvard University | Papa Razzi | Walter Kato |
| 3/10/2005 | Isotope Production and Use | ?Grant Malkoski MDS Nordion, Canada | Papa razzi | S.Stamm |
| 4/11/2005 | Goals of the National Society | Jim Reinsch, ANS VP-Pres Elect | Papa Razzi | S.Stamm |
| 5/26/2005 | Radiation in Medicine, 2005 | David Drum Brigham & Women?s Hospital | Papa Razzi | S.Stamm |
Program Meeting Schedule 2003/2004
| DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER | LOCATION | Meeting Coordinator |
| 9/22/2003 | Nuclear Power Development in France | Regis Babinet Nuclear Counselor French Embassy | Pappa Razzi, Wellsley, MA | G.Brown |
| 10/30/2003 | Maine Yankee Decommissioning and Dry Cask Storage | Ted Feigenbaum President MY | TBD | G.Brown |
| 12/2/2003 | Future of Nuclear Power | Prof Neil Todreas (MIT) | MIT Faculty Club | W.Kato |
| 1/16/2004 | TBD | NH Congessman, Charlie Bass | Crown Plaza, Nashua, NH | H.Shaffer |
| Electrical Market Place | AICHE Speaker | TBD | G. Brown | |
| Feb 17/Mar2 | Candu 700 | AECL | S.Stamm | |
| Transmission Systems | Bill Muessler | TBD | W.Kato | |
| ABWR | Jack Redding | TBD | D.Kuba | |
| ANS Chair Elect | TBD | TBD | ||
| TBD | Ernie Moniz, Former UnderSec Energy, MIT Prof. | W.Kato |
Program Meeting Schedule 2001/2002
| DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER | LOCATION | Meeting Coordinator |
| Sept 20, 2001 | Pebble Bed Modular Reactor | Frederik Reitsma, PBMR Co. , Germany/S.Africa | Papa Razzi Wellesly, MA | G.Brown |
| Late Oct. 2001 | YUCCA Mountain | Linda Desell DOE | Pappa Razzi | S.Stamm |
| Cancelled | Nuclear and Space Travel | Astronaut Sacco? @ Northeastern Univ. | TBD | |
| Jan. 23 or 24,2002 | Todayâs Nuclear Navy | ?Conrad Donahue, USNROTC Commander, BU | TBD | P. Connors J. Muckerheide |
| Mar 14, 2002 | Risk | David Ropiek, Havard School of Public Health 617 432 6011 | TBD | J. Muckerheide |
| Early April, 2002 | Fusion Program | Dr. Peter Barnard-CEO ITER Canada Or MIT Speaker (Jeffrey Freiberg?) | TBD | J.Green |
| Mid May, 2002 | Advisory Committee on Reactor Safety | G. Apostolokis (617 252 1570) | TBD | J.Muckerheide |
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