Current status and prospects of the nuclear industry in the U.S

On December 8, 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower captured the desires and hopes of the nations of the world in his 'Atoms for Peace' speech to the United Nations General Assembly. In the last 50 years, many nations have transformed Eisenhower's General Assembly. In the last 50 years, many nations have transformed Eisenhower's dream of the future the peaceful power of the atom into everyday reality. Civilian nuclear power reactors provide electricity without adding to global warming or air pollution. Radioisotopes have proven to be invaluable in medicine, agriculture, industry, and space exploration. It is not coincidental that the origin of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) is closely related to the 'Atoms for Peace' initiative. Two days after the Atoms for Peace address, asmall group of engineers and scientists from the infant atomic energy field met in New York City. They were to consider forming what they were calling an institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering. Such an organization--they would write in the invitation for the next meeting--would, in part, stimulate the declassification of nuclear information, in line with Eisenhower's plan. The next year, on October 11, 1954, after a heated discussion, the group settled on a name: the American Nuclear Society. The ANS treasures its association with the Korean Atomic Industrial Forum and the Korean Nuclear Societuy in mutual efforts to extend the benefits of nuclear science and technology