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Division Spotlight
Materials Science & Technology
The objectives of MSTD are: promote the advancement of materials science in Nuclear Science Technology; support the multidisciplines which constitute it; encourage research by providing a forum for the presentation, exchange, and documentation of relevant information; promote the interaction and communication among its members; and recognize and reward its members for significant contributions to the field of materials science in nuclear technology.
Meeting Spotlight
2021 ANS Winter Meeting and Technology Expo
November 30–December 3, 2021
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
Standards Program
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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Nuclear Science and Engineering
October 2021
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
August 2021
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Helping to save the plant safety puzzle: An overview of PRA
Probabilistic risk assessments (PRAs) have advanced the safe operation of the U.S. reactor fleet over many decades. Risk insights from PRAs have provided information from many different perspectives, from what is most important to maintain at a facility to a better understanding of how to address new information regarding safety issues. The methods and tools that have supported the creation and enhancement of PRA models were established through multiple decades of research, starting with WASH-1400, The Reactor Safety Study,1 published in 1975, through the comprehensive plant-specific models in use today.
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Executive Director/CEO
Staff Liaison
Steven P. Nesbit
President of LMNT Consulting and an ANS member since 1989, is the next ANS vice president/president-elect
Steven A. Arndt
ANS Fellow and member since 1981, senior technical advisor at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Lori A. Braase
ANS member since 2016, program manager at Idaho National Laboratory
Anna S. Erickson
ANS member since 2005, associate professor at Georgia Institute of Technology
Richard H. Lagdon
ANS member since 1983, chief engineer of nuclear operations and safety at Bechtel National
Luc G. G. Van Den Durpel
(Non-U.S. at-large member) ANS member since 2004, managing director of Nuclear-21 in Belgium
Harsh S. Desai
ANS member since 2011, who was named to fill the director position left vacant by Steve Nesbit's election as VP/president-elect
