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Division Spotlight
Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
Meeting Spotlight
2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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
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Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Zap Energy hits 37-million-degree electron temperatures in compact fusion device
Zap Energy announced April 23 that it has reached 1-3 keV plasma electron temperatures—roughly the equivalent of 11 to 37 million degrees Celsius—using its sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch approach to fusion. Reaching temperatures above that of the sun’s core (which is 10 million degrees Celsius temperature) is just one hurdle required before any fusion confinement concept can realistically pursue net gain and fusion energy.
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Executive Director/CEO
Staff Liaison
Kenneth Petersen
President of KSP Consulting
Lisa Marshall
Director of Outreach, Retention, and Engagement and an Assistant Extension Professor for Nuclear Engineering at North Carolina State University
Harsh Desai
Chief Commercialization Officer at Zeno Power
Kelsey Amundson
R&D engineer in advanced nuclear technology at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Mark Peters
Executive Vice President for Laboratory Operations at Battelle
Temitope Taiwo
Director of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Division at Argonne National Laboratory
Leigh Winfrey
Dean of the School of Engineering at Maritime College, State University of New York
Han Gyu Joo
(Non-U.S. at-large member) Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Seoul National University in South Korea
Katy Worrell
(Student Director) Graduate Student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville