Developing a nexus of public support

摘要

The 2006 American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting, held June 4—8 in Reno, Nev., featured the promising theme, A Brilliant Future: Nexus of Public Support in Nuclear Technology, and an attendance of 1269. Introducing the meeting's opening plenary session, Jim Reinsch, president of ANS and of Bechtel Nuclear, noted that ANS was formed in 1954 to support the men and women working in the nuclear field through knowledge exchange, professional development, enhancing public awareness, and other means. That mission has never been more important, he said, nor has the society been more relevant to the industry, given today's complex global issues.