LNS will next present a Scout Nuclear Science Merit Badge workshop Fall 2027. The Nuclear Science Merit Badge book can be downloaded here .
Registration is expected to be on the Istrouma Area website, generally opening in early August and fills fast. The workshop is held at the River Bend nuclear plant in St.Francisville, LA. Over 500 Scouts have earned their Nuclear Science Merit Badge at these workshops since 2009. Contact LNS at (LouisianaNuclearSociety@gmail.com) for more information.
1. Support ANS public policy activities on the state and local level.
2. Provide information to the public on the benefits of nuclear science and technology.
3. Facilitate the sharing of information among nuclear professionals on the local level.
4. Create networking opportunities for nuclear professionals on the local level.
5. Promote ANS products, programs, and services, including Society membership.
The American Nuclear Society is celebrating 60 years as the premier society for nuclear professionals. Our individual membership ranks include more than 10,000 engineers, scientists, educators, students, and others with nuclear related interests. Our members hail from more than 1,600 corporations, educational institutions, and government agencies from over 40 different countries. More than 80 industry-leading companies support the ANS as Organization Members.
ANS, a not-for-profit society, provides extensive opportunities for every professional group in the nuclear field to interact effectively via 22 divisions and technical groups, 59 U.S. and 10 non-U.S. local sections, 3 plant branches, and 43 U.S. and 3 non-U.S. student sections
The Society serves as an advocate for individuals and organizations having a stake in nuclear science and technology. Our Washington, D.C. office acts as a technical resource to senior policy and decision makers. ANS produces position papers on nuclear science and technology issues of our times, publishing these in print and on our website.
Louisiana's Nuclear Strategic Framework document.
** December 2026: Jason Lanclos, Director of State Energy Planning & Development, Louisiana Office of Economic Development: "The Louisiana Nuclear Strategic Framework"
** September 2026: Dr. Monica Gehrig, Fusion Energy Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL): "The State of Nuclear Fusion"
** June 2026: Clint Alday, retired Entergy Reactor Engineering Manager: "History of Nuclear Power in Louisiana"
(what about St.Rosalie?)
Meeting presentation (PowerPoint notes)
** May 2026: Tim Brenan, A.I. Business Manager, Entergy Corporation: "A.I. at Entergy: A Smarter Way Forward"
** September 2025: Nick Culp, Senior Manager, Government Relations & Communications, Holtec International: "Restart of Operations at Palisades"
** April 2025: Trevor Orth, Plant Manager, Crane Clean Energy Center: Meeting the Country's Needs for Clean and Reliable Generation (TMI-1 restart; a rebroadcast of a Chicago / Great Lakes ANS section presentation)
** February 2025: Rick Johnson, Entergy: Sustainability, Climate Transition & the Role of Nuclear
** October 2024: Dr.Wesley Williams, ORNL: Advanced Reactor Engineering and Development at ORNL
** March 2024: IEM: Nuclear Incident Emergency Planning
** November 2023: Dillon Allen, Entergy: Advanced Nuclear Power (Entergy SMR interest)
** October 2023: Bill Cleary, Westinghouse: Additive Manufacturing (3-D Printing) for Nuclear Fuel
** May 2023: Victoria Anderson, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI): US Nuclear Power: Navigating the Inflection Point
** March 2023: Nuclear Incident Emergency Planning
** April 2023: LSU Professor Jeffrey Chancellor on Space Radiation Shielding
** January 2023: ANS National President and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distinguished R&D Staff Member Steven Arndt, "How ANS is Advancing Nuclear Science and Technology and How You Can Help"
** August 2022: Chris Burton, Structural Technologies LLC: "Circulating Water Pipeline Repair"
** April 2022: David Smith, Entergy: "Accident Tolerant Fuel"
** February 2022: ANS National President Steve Nesbit, "Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste Management"
** November 2021: Gale Hauck, Oak Ridge National Laboratory: "Working at Barakah"
** October 2021: Professor Robert Hayes, NC State University: "Risk-Informed Performance-Based ALARA"
** July 2021: Rich Hirsch (retired): "The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine"
** January 2021: showing of movie "Juice: How Electricity Explains the World"
** January 2021: ANS National President Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, "Where is the Love? Why isn't Nuclear Energy Embraced as THE Clean Energy Source?"
** September 2020: Gilbane Gold, an engineering ethics case study
** December 2019: Tour of the LSU Water Campus
** October 2019: We are all Stardust: Using Nuclear Physics to Understand Stellar Explosions
Dr.Catherine Deibel
LSU Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
** August 2019: Use of Drones at Nuclear Power Plants
Chris Burton, Structural Technologies
and one of our all-time favorites:
** November 2016: Mike the Tiger's Radiography and Cancer Treatment
Dr. Jonas Fontenot, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
| Chair: | Alyx Wszolek | |
| Vice-Chair: | Clint Alday | |
| Secretary: | Greg Svestka | |
| Treasurer: | Paul Sicard * | |
| Exec.Committee: | Josh Fagnant | |
| Exec.Committee: | Leo Nadeau | |
| Exec.Committee: | Dean Sandlin | |
| Exec.Committee: | Billy Steelman |
* Professional Development Coordinator
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