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Communities
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  Accelerator Applications
  The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
Events
- Meeting Spotlight
  Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2025)
  May 4–8, 2025
  Huntsville, AL|Huntsville Marriott and the Space & Rocket Center
Standards
- 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!
Publications
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  May 2025
  Jan 2025
  Latest Journal Issues
  Nuclear Science and Engineering
  June 2025
  Nuclear Technology
  June 2025
  Fusion Science and Technology
  May 2025
- Latest News
  Tenn. legislature funds monument for Oak Ridge civil rights pioneers
  In a historic photo, students gather at the Oak Ridge high school in Tennessee. (Photo: DOE)
  The Tennessee legislature has approved a $3.2 million proposal to fund a monument that will honor a group of 85 black former students known as the Scarboro–Oak Ridge 85 who, with support from the Atomic Energy Commission, became the first students to enter a previously white-only public school in the southeastern United States.
  "We want to make sure that Oak Ridge and the Scarboro 85 get their rightful place in the civil rights history timeline; we do not want to be left out," said John Spratling, chair of the Scarboro 85 Monument Committee.
  ANS recognition: The American Nuclear Society officially recognized and honored the Scarboro 85 in 2021 by awarding the group with the inaugural Social Responsibility in the Nuclear Community Award at that year’s Annual Winter Meeting.
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Local Section Washington DC Local Section http://local.ans.org/dc/ Includes parts of DC, MD, and VA. Mr. James W. Behrens Chair
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Student Section United States Naval Academy Student Section Dr. Marshall Millett, PE Faculty Advisor
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