[scf-post-title] H.M. “Hash” Hashemian was working on a project while earning his master’s degree in nuclear engineering at the University of Tennessee when he and his professor, Tom Kerlin, realized they had the makings of a solid commercial enterprise. The invention, which measured how quickly a sensor could alert engineers to a critical temperature change…
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[scf-post-title] The U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced on April 27, 2018, that Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation (AMS), a prominent nuclear engineering consulting firm headquartered in Knoxville, TN, has been selected as one of the winners of major R&D awards that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is making with a $60 million…
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[scf-post-title] NuScale has become the first company to complete phase one of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) design certification application (DCA) for a next-generation small modular reactor (SMR). The NRC spent over 100,000 hours reviewing the 12,000 page application NuScale submitted in January 2017. While the full application review is expected to take approximately…
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[scf-post-title] Chad J. Kiger, EMC Engineering Manager at Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation (AMS), has received the 2018 Ted Quinn Early Career Award from the Human Factors, Instrumentation and Controls Division (HFICD) of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). Mr. Kiger is responsible for overseeing the development of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) capabilities of AMS, as well…
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[scf-post-title] AMS was honored to host the European Union Energy Delegation on behalf of the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council. The delegation enjoyed a luncheon at AMS followed by guest speakers from the delegation and then toured the AMS facilities. In addition to AMS, the delegation also visited Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the East…
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