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Past Meetings

2010

National Engineer's Week
February 15, 2010 - February 19, 2009 - Richmond, VA and Lynchburg, VA
Mr. David Heacock
President & CNO Dominion Nuclear
"Perspectives on Nuclear in Virginia's Future"
Thursday, January 21, 2010 - Richmond, VA


2009


Joint Meeting with ASME - Mr. Christofer M. Mowry
"B&W mPower(TM) Reactor: A Practical, Scalable, Modular ALWR"
Thursday, December 3, 2009 - Kirkley Hotel, Lynchburg, VA
J. D. Stitzel, Vice President and General Manager of Newport News Nuclear, Inc.
Chris Levesque, President and General Manager AREVA Newport News, LLC
"AREVA Newport News, Rebirth of Heavy Component Manufacturing in the US"
Thursday, October 8, 2009 - Newport News, VA

Dr. Charles Bowman
Accelerator-Driven Neutron Applications (ADNA) Corporation
"GEM*STAR: The Alternative Reactor Technology Integrating Graphite, Molten Salt, and Accelerators"
Thursday, September 17, 2009 - Richmond, VA

Dr. Tom Sanders, ANS President-Elect
Sandia National Lab
"Global Energy Needs: Defining a Role for a Right Sized Reactor"
Thursday, May 21, 2009 - Richmond, VA


• LARRY MEEM MEMORIAL LECTURE
  
  Frances Marshall
  Idaho National Lab
  "The Advanced Test Reactor and INL Nuclear Research Program"
  Thursday, April 16, 2009 - Charlottesville, VA
  
  Mr John Matheson, Sr. VP Projects
  AREVA NP
  "The Lean Mean Neutron Machine - Pursuing Perfection and Avoiding Waste in the Second Nuclear Age"
  Thursday, March 19, 2009 - Monte Carlo Restaurant - Lynchburg, VA
  
  Engineer's Week
  Richmond Joint Engineer's Council
  Thursday, February 19, 2009 - Richmond, VA & Lynchburg, VA
  
  
• Richard Hull
  Whitlock Group
  "Fusor - A Fusion Reactor Based on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement"
  Thursday, January 15, 2009 - Richmond, VA
  

2008



• Joint Meeting VA-ANS and ASME
  Dr. Dennis W. Hong
  Virginia Tech, Assistant Professor and Director of Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory
  "Roll, Crawl, Walk, Climb, and Jump - Robot Locomotion Inspired by Nature and Beyond"
  Thursday, December 11, 2008 - The Kirkely Hotel - Lynchburg, VA
  
  
• Joint Meeting VA-ANS, Surry Plant Branch and Surry Professional Society
  Mr. Gerald T. Bischof
  Dominion, Site Vice-President, Surry Power Station
  "Preparing for the Perfect Storm"
  Monday November 3, 2008 - Days Inn - Williamsburg, VA
  
  
• Ms. Tara Werner
  Manager, Quality Assurance at AREVA, NP
  "Quality Assurance for New Nuclear Power Plants"
  Thursday October 16, 2008 - Monte Carlo Restaurant - Lynchburg, VA
  

• Mr. Norm Reynolds
  President and Chief Executive Officer of Virginia Uranium, Inc.
  "Coles Hill Uranium Deposit - Then and Now"
  Thursday September 18, 2008 - Richmond
  

• VA-ANS Planning Meeeting
  Planning Meeting 2008
  Thursday July 17, 2008 - University of Virginia Reactor Building in Charlottesville, VA
  

• Dr. William E. Burchill
  ANS 2007-2008 President-Elect
  "The U.S. Nuclear Renaissance and the Challenges It Presents"
  Thursday May 15, 2008 - Lynchburg
  

• Larry Meem Memorial Lecture:
  Mr. Dan Stoddard
  Site Vice President, North Anna Power Station
  "The Challenges Facing An Operating Nuclear Power Station, At Which A New Plant Site Is To Be Constructed"
  Thursday April 17, 2008 - Charlottesville
  

• Joint Meeting VA-ANS and VA-HPS:
  Dr. Detlev Reichenbach
  AREVA NP
  "Nuclear Sector of the Russian Federation"
  Wednesday March 19, 2008 - Richmond
  

• Engineer's Week 2008:
  Mr. Eugene Grecheck
  Vice President-Nuclear Development, Dominion Generation
  Thursday February 21, 2008 - Richmond
  

• Engineer's Week 2008:
  Aging Infrastructure:The Engineering Challenge of Sustaining the Built Environment
  Thursday February 21, 2008 - Lynchburg
  

• Mr. John Parkyn
  Chairman of the Board. Private Fuel Storage, L.L.C
  "Private Fuel Storage - The National Interim Spent Nuclear Fuel Site"
  Wednesday January 16, 2008 - Richmond
  

2007

• Dr. Roop Mahajan
  Director of Virginia Tech’s Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science
  "Nanotechnology: The Next Industrial Revolution?"
  Wednesday December 12, 2007 - Lynchburg
  

• Mr. Tom Coleman
  Vice-President of Federal Services, AREVA NP Inc
  "MOX: Weapons to Plowshares"
  Wednesday October 17, 2007 - Lynchburg
  

• J. Clayton Crouch
  Manager, Delivery Market Support, Dominion
  "The Commonwealth of Virginia's New Hybrid Regulatory Model (or How to pay for a new Nuclear Plant)"
  Thursday September 20, 2007 - Richmond
  

• VA-ANS Annual Planning Meeting
  Thursday August 16, 2007 - Charlottesville

• Dr. Eric Loewen
  Chief Consulting Engineer for Advanced Plants Technology, GE
  "Advancing the Closed Fuel Cycle Concept"
  May 23, 2007 - Richmond
  

• Larry Meem Memorial Lecture:
  Dr. Courtney Apperson
  Senior Principal, Washington Group International
  "Remote Monitoring of High-Hazard/High-Value Assets"
  April 19, 2007 - Charlottesville
  

• Stephanie Coffin
  NRC, Branch Chief, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors
  "New Reactor Licensing"
  March 22, 2007 - Richmond
  

• "Engineers' Week Banquet"
  LTG Carl A. Strock, Chief of Engineers and Commanding General U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  February 22, 2007, Richmond
  

• "Engineers' Week Banquet"
  "Inside Disaster Recovery: The Un-Watering of New Orleans", Col. Duane Gapinski, P.E., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  February 22, 2007, Lynchburg
  

2006

• Tom Christopher, AREVA
  "U.S. Nuclear Industry...Life in the Fast Lane"
  November 30, 2006 - Lynchburg
  

• Tour of the N. S. Savannah Cargo/Passenger Vessel
  Mr. Erhard Koehler, Manager, N.S SAVANNAH Programs, United States Maritime Administration (MARAD)
  October 24, 2006 - Norfolk
  

• VA-ANS 50th Anniversary Celebration
  September 21, 2006 - Lynchburg, VA
  

• VA-ANS Annual Planning Meeting
  Friday, August 4, 2006 @ 2:00 PM - Innsbrook Technical Center (Room 3NE-B), Richmond
  

• 3-Day Science Teacher Workshop Friday Lecture
  Mr. Brent Dixon, INL, "The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP)"
  July 21, 2006 - VCU School of Engineering, Richmond
  

• 3-Day Science Teacher Workshop
  Thursday Evening Social Event
  July 20, 2006 - Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond
  

• 3-Day Science Teacher Workshop Welcome Ceremony
  Dr. Andy Cook, AREVA, "The 3 P's: Pandas, Population and Power"
  July 19, 2006 - VCU School of Engineering, Richmond
  

• Dr. Harold McFarlane
  2005-2006 ANS Vicepresident/President Elect
  "The Greening of Nuclear Energy"
  May 18, 2006 - Richmond
  

• Meem Lecture:
  Mr. Robert Van Namen
  Senior Vice President of Uranium Enrichment at USEC Inc.
  "New Nuclear Power at the Forefront of the International Energy Debate - Views from the US Enrichment Industry"
  April 20, 2006 - Charlottesville
  

• Dr. Ann Bisconti
  President, Bisconti Research, Inc.
  "Choosing Messages and Terms: Tips for Communicating about Nuclear Issues"
  March 16, 2006 - Lynchburg
  

• Engineer's Week Banquet:
  Admiral Skip Bowman
  President and CEO of NEI
  "The Future of Commercial Nuclear Power"
  February 23, 2006 - Lynchburg
  

• Mr. Alan Beard
  GE Nuclear Energy
  "Introduction to the GE Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR)"
  January 19, 2006 - Richmond
  

2005

• Donn Salvosa
  Director of Legislative Programs, NEI
  "Nuclear Power and the Energy Policy Act of 2005"
  October 20, 2005 - Richmond
  

• Dr. Robert Singleterry Jr.
  Aerospace Technologist, NASA Langley Research Center
  "Space Radiation Engineering"
  September 15, 2005 - Lynchburg
  

• VA-ANS Executive Committee Planning Meeting
  Thursday July 14, 2004 at 2:00 PM - Innsbrook Technical Center
  

• Meem Lecture:
  Mr. Tom Burns
  Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
  "DOE, DNFSB, and Constructive Oversight/Regulation"
  May 19, 2005 - Charlottesville
  

• Mr. Jim Reinsch
  2004-2005 ANS Vicepresident/President Elect
  "The Nuclear Renaissance: A Resurgence of Nuclear Energy"
  April 14, 2005 - Richmond
  

• Dr. Eric Loewen
  2005 ANS Seaborg Congressional Fellow
  "Global Energy Apartheid: The Diffence Between Energy 'Haves' and 'Have-nots'"
  March 17, 2005 - Richmond
  

• Engineers Week Banquet:
  Mr. Roger Tetrault
  Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation Commission, Former Chairman of McDermott (BWXT Parent Organization)
  "The Search for Answers: The Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation"
  Thursday February 24, 2005 - Lynchburg
  

• David Christian
  Senior VP Nuclear Operations & CNO, Dominion Generation
  "ESP, COL and Future Nuclear: Separating Hype from Reality"
  January 25, 2005 - Richmond
  

2004

• Vice Admiral Kenneth Carr
  USS Nautilus, Chairman USNRC
  "USS Nautilus: Celebrating the Golden Anniversary of the First Nuclear Submarine"
  December 7, 2004 - Richmond
  

• Mr. Tom Christopher
  Vice Chairman and CEO, AREVA
  "Tour of the New AREVA Pump and Motor Service Center"
  October 21, 2004 - Lynchburg
  

• Joint Meeting VA-ANS and VA-HPS:
  Dr. Al Strash
  Radiological & Medical Physics Consultant, Johnston-Willis Medical Center
  Tour of the Neuroscience and Gamma Knife Center at Johnston-Willis Medical Center
  Thursday September 23, 2004 - Richmond
  

• VA-ANS Executive Committee Planning Meeting
  Thursday July 22, 2004 at noon - Innsbrook Technical Center
  

• Mr. Jim Tulenko
  2003-2004 ANS Vicepresident/President Elect
  "The Outlook for Nuclear Power Renaissance - One Man's Opinion"
  Monday May 10, 2004 - Lynchburg
  

• Meem Lecture:
  Mr. Tom Schievelbein
  President, Northrop Grumman Newport News
  "No Room for Compromise: The Importance of Ethics in Nuclear Shipbuilding"
  Tuesday April 27, 2004 - Charlottesville
  

• Joint Meeting VA-ANS and VA-HPS:
  Mr. Gene Grecheck
  VP Nuclear Support Services - Dominion
  "The Prospects for New Nuclear Plants in the US"
  Tuesday March 16, 2004 - Williamsburg
  

• Mr. Kurt Westerman
  BWXT
  "Inside the Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction: Looking for Nuclear Weapons in Iraq"
  Tuesday February 24, 2004 - Lynchburg
  

• Prof. Michael Corradini
  Recent Chair of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB)
  "High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal - Current Status and Future Issues"
  Tuesday January 27, 2004 - Richmond
  

2003

• Mr. John Kotek
  Deputy Manager of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Idaho Operations Office
  "The Government Role in Creating our Nuclear Energy and Hydrogen Future"
  Tuesday November 4th, 2003 - Lynchburg
  

• Virgina Section of the NA-YGN Guest Lecture:
  Mr. Ted Rockwell
  National Sigma Xi Lecturer
  "Perspectives from a Nuclear Pioneer"
  October 15th, 2003 - The Science Museum of Virginia (Richmond)
  

• Mr. George Beam
  Vice President of Nuclear Services, Framatome ANP
  Tour of the Framatome ANP Technical Training Center
  "Stepping Up Services:
  Strategies to provide the necessary resources for shorter outages, top performance and extended plant life"
  Tuesday, October 7th, 2003 - Lynchburg
  

• Jon Stouky
  Senior Vice President of WPI
  "The Evolving Fate of the "Ghost Fleet" in the James River and the NS Savannah, An Overview of Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning Programs, and Some Observations on Virginia's Nuclear Economy"
  September 23, 2003 - Richmond
  

• Larry Foulke
  2002-2003 ANS Vicepresident/President Elect
  "Ten Top Nuclear Issues"
  May 15, 2003 - Richmond
  

• Meem Lecture:
  Dave Heacock
  North Anna Power Station Site Vice President
  "The North Anna Head Replacement Project - Can This Happen to my Plant and When?"
  April 15, 2003 - Charlottesville
  

• Jay Jones
  U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
  "Update on Yucca Mountain: The Road Ahead"
  March 20, 2003 - Days Hotel, Williamsburg, VA
  

• The Honorable John Hager
  Assistant to the Governor for Commonwealth Preparedness
  "Virginia's Future Security Issues under the New Homeland Security"
  February 20, 2003 - Lynchburg
  

2002

• Donald H. Roy
  President, DEEM Group, Ltd. Technical Consultant Services - Nuclear
  "NASA's Nuclear Systems Initiative - The Next Generation in Space?"
  December 12, 2002 - Richmond
  

• Prof. Jack Brenizer
  Program Chair of Nuclear Engineering at Penn State University
  "Changes and Challenges in Nuclear Engineering Education"
  October 17, 2002 - Lynchburg
  

• Virgina Section of the NA-YGN Guest Lecture:
  Dr. Nils Diaz
  NRC Commissioner
  "Nuclear Industry Issues: A Commisioner's Perspective"
  October 8, 2002 - Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center (Richmond)
  

• Gary Modzelewski
  Dominion Project Engineer
  "Reactor Vessel Head Inspection and Repair"
  May 16, 2002 - Innsbrook Technical Center (Richmond)
  

• Meem Lecture:
  William H. Rasin
  Co-chair of the Evaluation Methodology Group for the DOE's Generation IV Nuclear Systems Project
  "A Whole New Generation of Nuclear Energy Systems - Really?"
  April 25th, 2002 - Charlottesville
  

• Michelle Shinn
  Jefferson Lab
  "Tour of the Lab and presentations on Applications of the Free Electron Laser (FEL)"
  Thursday March 21st, 2002 - Jefferson Lab
  

• Garrick Solovey
  Chief Executive Officer,Worldwide Performance and Innovation
  "Spent Fuel Management"
  February 21st, 20022 - Lynchburg
  

• Donald Price
  Principal at Navigant Consulting
  "The Nuclear Workforce: Challenges Ahead"
  January 17th, 2002 - Innsbrook Technical Center (Richmond)
  

2001

• Meem Lecture:
  John R. Redick
  Executive Director, Charlottesville-Albemarle Community Foundation
  "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaties"
  November 29th, 2001 - Charlottesville
  

• Thomas A. Christopher
  President and Chief Executive Officer Framatome Advanced Nuclear Power Inc.
  "The Future Of Nuclear Power In The United States"
  October 11th, 2001 - Lynchburg
  

• Marv Fertel
  Senior Vice President Business Operations, Nuclear Energy Institure (NEI)
  The Status of Nuclear Power in the Bush Administration
  September 20th, 2001 - Innsbrook Technical Center (Richmond)
  

• VA-ANS Planning Meeting
  VA-ANS Executive Committee
  Minutes of the Meeting
  August 3, 2001 - Spring Hill, Lancaster, VA