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- ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
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Events
- Conference Spotlight
  2026 Annual Conference
  May 31–June 3, 2026
  Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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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  Dec 2025
  Jul 2025
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  Nuclear Science and Engineering
  December 2025
  Nuclear Technology
  December 2025
  Fusion Science and Technology
  November 2025
- Latest News
  Star Trek or Planet of the Apes?
  Craig Piercy
  cpiercy@ans.org
  These days, the ship of civil nuclear technology we are all aboard is sailing through a turbulent passage. The winds and currents are favorable, but there are swells ahead: steep energy-demand projections, buoyant equity valuations, splashy announcements, a generational realignment of nuclear policies and institutional norms.
  Part of the reason we chose “Building the Nuclear Century” as the theme for this year’s Winter Conference was to put some ballast in the hull of the nuclear conversation.
  Advanced nuclear fission and fusion energy development are accelerating, both here and around the world. And yet, at least in the U.S., we are still years away from connecting commercial Gen IV systems to our grid.
  In a world growing increasingly impatient, how do we stay on task and deliver? There are three ingredients to success.
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