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About Nuclear
- Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Communities
- Division Spotlight
  Reactor Physics
  The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
Meetings
- Meeting Spotlight
  2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
  November 12–15, 2023
  Washington, D.C.|Washington Hilton
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
  Sep 2023
  Jan 2023
  Latest Journal Issues
  Nuclear Science and Engineering
  October 2023
  Nuclear Technology
  October 2023
  Fusion Science and Technology
  October 2023
- Latest News
  MARVEL prototype “fired up” as testing gets underway
  While initial operation of MARVEL, a tiny microreactor that will be installed and operated inside Idaho National Laboratory’s Transient Reactor Test (TREAT) Facility, might not occur until 2025, testing of a nonnuclear prototype is now under way at the New Freedom, Pa., manufacturing facility of Creative Engineers, Inc. (CEI). The Department of Energy announced the start of prototype testing on September 20.
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Award Recipients

Mark T. Peters

William E. Webster, Jr.

Kristine L. Svinicki

Siegfried S. Hecker

Mr. Marvin S. Fertel

Dr. James T. Rhodes

Mr. William D. Magwood

Peter B. Lyons

George Apostolakis

Luis E. Echavarri

Richard Meserve

Aris S. Candris

Dale E. Klein

Richard J. K. Stratford

Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.

Nils J. Diaz

Edward McGaffigan, Jr.

C. Paul Robinson

Neil E. Todreas

Joseph M. Hendrie

E. Gail de Planque

Zack T. Pate

Corbin McNeill

Senator Pete V. Domenici

Joseph Farley

Ambassador Richard T. Kennedy

John W. Simpson

John W. Landis

Jean-Claude Leny

Eugene P. (Dennis) Wilkinson

W. Kenneth Davis

Bertram Wolf

William S. Lee

Remy L. Carle

Walker L. Cisler

Hans Blix
Keith Glennen

Morris Udall

Lord Walter Marshall of Goring

Takashi Mukaibo

Chauncey Starr

Glenn T. Seaborg

Andre Giraud

Manson Benedict

Gerald Tape

Sigvard Eklund

Chet Holifield

Henry DeWolf Smyth