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Upcoming?meetings:<\/p>\n
April Happy Hour<\/strong>?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Date:??13?April 2017<\/span><\/span> ?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n May?Picnic<\/strong>?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Date:??20 May 2017<\/span><\/span> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”http:\/\/local.ans.org\/kansas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ANS_2438-e1438029518555.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion”][et_pb_accordion_item title=”May 2017 Picnic”]<\/p>\n 20 May 2017<\/p>\n Please join us for our first ever Picnic at Hillsdale Lake Shelter 1 (see below) on Saturday, 20 May 2017, starting at ~11:00 A.M.?and lasting till whenever.? The Kansas ANS Section will provide the meat (burgers, hotdogs, etc.) and buns for the grill and some water \/ soda but we do ask that you?side dish or dessert (or both!!!) and?any?beer.? Since this is a picnic, bring your family and friends along for the fun times.? Please also feel free to bring any yard games \/ balls \/ frisbees \/ etc.? So I know how much?to purchase, please RVSP by 13 May and let me know?how many you will have in your party.<\/p>\n Directions from KC:<\/p>\n (1) Take US-169 \/ K-7?South to 255th?St. and go west to Hillsdale (if you make it to Paola, you have?gone to?far)?.<\/p>\n (2) Go through Hillsdale, around the bend, and over the damn<\/p>\n (3)?Once over the?damn, take a right on Jayhawker Dr. and head towards the Jayhawk Marina<\/p>\n (4)? Shelter 1 is just to the east of the Jayhawk Marina?(see the attachment)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Directions from I-35 \/ Ottawa<\/p>\n (1) Take E. Logan St. \/ Hwy 68 east<\/p>\n (2)?Turn left (north) onto Osawatomie Rd. (if you make it to US-169, you have gone to far)<\/p>\n (3)?Keep on that road until you intersect Jayhawker Dr., then turn left.<\/p>\n (4)? Shelter 1 is just to the east of the Jayhawk Marina?(see the attachment)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Please RSVP by 13 May 2017.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”April 2017 Meeting”]<\/p>\n 13 April 2017<\/p>\n Please join us for a happy hour at the Fox and Hound at 5:00 P.M.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”March 2017 Meeting”]<\/p>\n DATE CHANGE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 2?March 2017<\/p>\n PRESENTATION:? Journey’s Through the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone<\/em><\/p>\n SPEAKERS BACKGROUND:<\/p>\n Richard Hirsch has 36 years in the Engineering, Procurement and Construction industry with a?majority of time in the nuclear power and radiological sectors. He started his nuclear construction management career on two new build power plant projects in Louisiana, followed by construction, field, and design engineering roles on new builds in Pennsylvania, Texas, and Tennessee.? He has also?managed modification projects and maintenance services on numerous operating plants in the US and the UK and spent two years managing construction programs for site remediation and closure at the US DOE Fernald Closure Project in Ohio ? a former uranium materials processing site.? Rich has been involved with construction project planning for Generation III reactor projects including supporting an ongoing design and construction project in Taiwan.? He is currently managing a Government funded defense threat reduction project for consolidating and safeguarding spent radioactive sources in Ukraine at a new secure long term storage facility inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.? Rich is focused upon industry being a champion of nuclear industry careers and nuclear power new build and plant operations.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”January 2017 Meeting”]19 January 2017<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n PRESENTATION:? How To Improve a Plant’s Human Performance<\/em><\/p>\n SPEAKERS BACKGROUND:<\/p>\n Matt Sunseri is an independent nuclear industry consultant with more than 35 years of experience in the safe operation of large commercial reactors. Prior to starting his own executive consulting practice, he was president and chief executive officer of Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation. Sunseri has a wide range of experience in the operation, maintenance, engineering, oversight and security of the nation?s commercial nuclear power fleet. He started his career as a nuclear engineer assigned to the construction, licensing, startup and operation of the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant.[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”November 2016 Meeting”]14 November 2016<\/p>\n Come with us to tour the Kansas State University research reactor in Manhattan, KS.[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”September 2016 Meeting”]8 September 2016<\/p>\n PRESENTATION:? The Nuclear Bootcamp Experience<\/em><\/p>\n SPEAKERS BACKGROUND:<\/p>\n Andrea Saltos is a PhD student at University of Missouri in Nuclear Engineering. She has a B.S. in Physics and a M.S in Nuclear Engineering. She has experience in radiation detection and computational chemistry. She is currently studying U10Mo fuel.<\/p>\n Modeste Tchakoua is a Nuclear Engineering PhD Candidate at the Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia. His research interests include radiation detection and measurement, radiation damage, radiation shielding, nuclear production from condense matter systems, nuclear batteries, non-proliferation issues, and nuclear safeguard and security. He is a co-author of the book Nuclear Batteries and Radioisotopes. Modeste Tchakoua is a Fulbright alumnus, member of the American Nuclear Society, and member of the Health Physics Society. He graduated with a Masters Degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Missouri, and Bachelors in Physics with a computer science minor from the University of Buea, Cameroon.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”May 2016 Meeting”]<\/p>\n 11 May 2016<\/p>\n PRESENTATION:? Nuclear Medical Imaging?- A Primer<\/em><\/p>\n SPEAKER BACKGROUND:<\/p>\n Dr. Hale has a Ph.D in Nuclear Astrophysics from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, spent over 10 years supporting computer chip design software, and, more recently, has over 6 years of experience as a diagnostic medical physicist.? Dr. Hale’s current concentration is in providing medical physics services across all imaging modalities, including radiography, fluoroscopy, mammography, MRI, and nuclear medicine.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”February 2016 Meeting”]<\/p>\n 25 February 2016<\/p>\n PRESENTATION:? Hybrid Power Technologies Advanced Reactor Concept<\/em><\/p>\n SPEAKER BACKGROUND:<\/p>\n Mr. Keller is a 40 year veteran of the power industry with extensive and wide-ranging management, business, operations, design, engineering and technical expertise. This in-depth and world-wide experience has been acquired while working for utilities, plant designers, construction companies and equipment manufacturers. Extensive ?hands-on? experience with a wide range of generating stations, including combined-cycle power plants (oil, gas, propane and liquefied natural gas fired), simple-cycle gas turbines, nuclear and coal power plants as well as steam-methane reformer hydrogen plants<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”September 2015 Meeting”]<\/p>\n 23 September 2015<\/p>\n PRESENTATION:? The Missouri University Research Reactor: Specifications and Capabilities<\/em><\/p>\n SPEAKER BACKGROUND:<\/p>\n Dr. William H. 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\nTime:??5:00 P.M.<\/span><\/span>
\nLocation:?Fox and Hound
\n10428 Metcalf Ave.
\nOverland Park, KS
\n(behind the Krispy Kreme)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nTime:??11:00 A.M.<\/span><\/span>
\nLocation:?Hillsdale State Park
\nShelter #1
\n(near the Jayhawk Marina)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n