LAS, along its more than one-quarter century of existence, fulfilled the following roles, which, in my opinion, are unique:

By being the only regional organization of its kind, it integrated the nuclear communities of all the countries in the region;

By choosing to be a Section of the American Nuclear Society, rather than an autonomous Society, it integrated both the Latin American and North American nuclear technical communities, contributing to mutual understanding, not only at the technical level, but also in matters that are politically delicate;

By achieving, along the years, to represent Latin America with equal weight to other regions of the world in international organizations (e.g., INSC), it contributed, in an essential way, to project its nuclear technical community in the wider world-wide scene.

The Latin American Section of ANS has been able to gather, in its membership, an important portion of the professional and entrepreneurial nuclear community of Latin America. This feature has attracted to the Section firms and individuals from other regions of the world who share common interests and maintain business activities in Latin America.In this way, the Section has the means to serve as a forum of information exchange and individual relationship in a broad array of nuclear activities within a very large geographical area.


This has been the result of an effort of almost a quarter of a century, which has allowed a continuous expansion of the LAS/ANS influence, not only within the Latin American countries, but also around the world through its active promotion of, and participation in international organizations like the INSC (International Nuclear Societies Council) and the PNC (Pacific Nuclear Council).