Former ANS President And Energy Expert Gail Marcus Writes Landmark Book
Energy expert and former ANS President Gail Marcus writes landmark book, "Nuclear Firsts: Milestones on the Road to Nuclear Power Development," about technical evolution of nuclear power, which science teachers and students can use as a general educational tool.
- (1888PressRelease) October 26, 2010 - La Grange Park, IL - Nuclear energy expert Gail Marcus has written Nuclear Firsts: Milestones on the Road to Nuclear Power Development, a landmark book about the technical evolution of nuclear power, as announced today by American Nuclear Society (ANS) Executive Director John (Jack) M. Tuohy, Jr., P.E.. "We at ANS are proud to have had a role in publishing this important work by a former president of our organization," said Tuohy.
"This work will appeal to a broad audience," he continued. "It's an authoritative reference which nuclear professionals will find useful; science teachers and students can use it as a general educational tool. Nuclear Firsts will appeal to organizations associated with the nuclear milestones, and because it provides information about the historical importance of the locations of nuclear landmarks, the general reader will find much to learn. The world community will also be greatly interested in this book, because its scope is international."
In Nuclear Firsts, Marcus profiles nearly 80 facilities and events in more than 10 countries. She discusses developments in reactor technologies of all types, as well as developments in reprocessing, enrichment, waste disposal, and some nonelectrical applications of reactors, such as radioisotope production, district heating, desalination, and neutron beam therapy. She covers the first government and private organizations that developed around the nuclear science. The breadth of the book includes well-known facilities and events, such as the first demonstration of controlled fission and the first uses of reactors to produce electricity, and lesser-known ones, such as early reactors in Antarctica and at the Panama Canal. Nuclear Firsts is also the first book fully to integrate international developments in nuclear energy.
"The depth of talent and experience in our premiere professional society of 11,000 men and women who have devoted their lives to nuclear science and technology is amply demonstrated by Gail's work; we couldn't be more pleased to be associated with the book and with her," Tuohy concluded.
Dr. Gail H. Marcus is an independent consultant on nuclear power technology and policy and has served as ANS President and as chair of the Engineering Section of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She served on the National Research Council Committee on the Future Needs of Nuclear Engineering Education. Dr. Marcus also previously served as deputy director general for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Nuclear Energy Agency, principal deputy director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy, and in various senior-level positions at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. A Fellow of the ANS and of the AAAS, Dr. Marcus has a SB and SM degrees in physics, and a ScD in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the first woman to have earned a doctorate in nuclear engineering in the United States.
Dr. Marcus will hold a book signing at the 2010 ANS Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo, November 8-11 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nuclear Firsts: Milestones on the Road to Nuclear Power Development is available at the ANS website, www.ans.org.
Established in 1954, ANS is a professional organization of engineers and scientists devoted to the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology. Its 11,000 members come from diverse technical backgrounds covering the full range of engineering disciplines as well as the physical and biological sciences. They are advancing the application of these technologies to improve the lives of the world community through national and international enterprise within government, academia, research laboratories and private industry.
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