Gathering in Honolulu, back where it started

摘要

The 14th pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, held March 21-25, brought delegates back to where it all started in 1976-Honolulu. Gail Marcus, meeting co-chair and a past President of ANS, noted that the theme New Technologies for a New Era, reflects the new opportunities for nuclear technologies around the world. Representing ANS, which hosted the meeting, President-elect Jim Tulenko welcomed delegates in this the Society's 50th year with a message about the next 50 years. Oil and gas will start to be in short supply in the next half-century, he said. In the United States, natural gas price increases are already forcing some owners of gas turbines to turn them over to the banks that financed them. "This is a great opportunity for the nuclear industry," Tulenko declared.