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About ANS
- ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
About Nuclear
- Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Communities
- Division Spotlight
  Thermal Hydraulics
  The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
Events
- Meeting Spotlight
  Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
  September 8–11, 2025
  Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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
- Latest Magazine Issues
  Jun 2025
  Jan 2025
  Latest Journal Issues
  Nuclear Science and Engineering
  August 2025
  Nuclear Technology
  July 2025
  Fusion Science and Technology
  July 2025
- Latest News
  Take steps on SNF and HLW disposal
  Matt Bowen
  With a new administration and Congress, it is time once again to ponder what will happen—if anything—on U.S. spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste management policy over the next few years. One element of the forthcoming discussion seems clear: The executive and legislative branches are eager to talk about recycling commercial SNF. Whatever the merits of doing so, it does not obviate the need for one or more facilities for disposal of remaining long-lived radionuclides. For that reason, making progress on U.S. disposal capabilities remains urgent, lest the associated radionuclide inventories simply be left for future generations to deal with.
  In March, Rick Perry, who was secretary of energy during President Trump’s first administration, observed that during his tenure at the Department of Energy it became clear to him that any plan to move SNF “required some practical consent of the receiving state and local community.”¹
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Local Section Columbia (South Carolina) Local Section http://local.ans.org/columbia/ Mr. Charlie M. Black, III Chair
Local Section Piedmont Carolinas Local Section http://local.ans.org/piedmont Includes parts of NC and SC. Mr. Alexander Fung Chair
Local Section Savannah River Local Section http://local.ans.org/savriv/ Dr. Robert L. Sindelar Chair
Local Section Wilmington Area Local Section http://local.ans.org/wilmington/ Includes parts of NC and SC.
You may also be interested in the following sections/branches:
Student Section Clemson University Student Section This section is currently inactive. Dr. Lindsay Shuller-Nickles Faculty Advisor
Student Section South Carolina State University Student Section http://arsl.scsu.edu/ANS/index.htm Dr. Joseph Boffie Faculty Advisor
Student Section University of South Carolina Student Section https://www.facebook.com/USC-American-Nuclear-Society-198627156845930/ Dr. Travis W. Knight Faculty Advisor
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