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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
ANS provides a variety of resources for members to use in reaching out to the general public, schools, and others about nuclear topics. One of those sources is NuclearConnect.org.
The Center for Nuclear Science Technology Information makes the complex nuclear world easier to understand for the general public. We encourage and inspire fun nuclear education for K-12 students. Most of all, we help people learn the many benefits that nuclear science and technology brings to their lives, from their health to their safety and many conveniences in their everyday lives. Explore our site to find out what you may not know about nuclear!
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