ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
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.
Meeting Spotlight
2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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!
Latest Magazine Issues
Sep 2024
Jan 2024
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
October 2024
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Don’t get boxed in: Entergy CNO Kimberly Cook-Nelson shares her journey
Kimberly Cook-Nelson
For Kimberly Cook-Nelson, the path to the nuclear industry started with a couple of refrigerator boxes and cellophane paper. Her sixth-grade science project was inspired by her father, who worked at Seabrook power station in New Hampshire as a nuclear operator.
“I had two big refrigerator boxes I taped together. I cut the ‘primary operating system’ and the ‘secondary system’ out of them. Then I used different colored cellophane paper to show the pressurized water system versus the steam versus the cold cooling water,” Cook-Nelson said. “My dad got me those little replica pellets that I could pass out to people as they were going by at my science fair.”
William E. Kastenberg
James Paul Holloway
Gerald Woodcock
Small Local SectionsColorado (Best Membership, Best Meetings and Programs)Chicago (Best Public Information and Education)Virginia (Best Section Management)Large Local SectionsSavannah River (Best Meetings and Programs)East Washington (Best Public Information and Education)Colorado (Best Overall)
Yuichi Hayashi
Jonathan R.D. Earnhart
Gary H. Rinehart
Michigan Memorial Phoenix ProjectAnn ArborMI Approved SeptemberUniversity of Florida Training Reactor (UFTR)GainesvilleFL Approved September
Kathryn A. McCarthy
Michael Williams
East Carolinas Local SectionWilliam D. Magwood IVNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyRonald PackardEmmy L.A. RoosMary Gerry White
Lane A. Bray
Mario Carelli
Daniel G. Cacuci
Senator Pete V. Domenici
Barth DoroshukJohn RycynaMarvin BowmanDonis Shaw
William C. Hopkins
GraduateUniversity of TennesseeB.J. Marshall, Aleksey UrmanovUndergraduateNorth Carolina State UniversityStacy ParkerUniversity of TennesseeClint Chedester, Jason Hasis, Ben Smith, Jeff TaysPurdue UniversityMichael A. Csernak, Michael A. Jones, Joseph R. Fernandez, Tomasz Kozlowski
Bal Raj Segal
David Petti
Annick Carnino
H.B. Robinson Nuclear Generating StationCarolina Power & Light CompanySequoyah Nuclear PlantTennessee Valley Authority
James P. O'Hanlon Dominion Energy
Michael M.R. Williams
Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.
