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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.
Meeting Spotlight
Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems (MiNES 2023)
December 10–14, 2023
New Orleans, LA|New Orleans Marriott
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!
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Dec 2023
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Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
December 2023
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
November 2023
Latest News
First container of test glass filled at Hanford’s Vit Plant
Bechtel and the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on December 4 that the first set of test glass was successfully poured into a stainless-steel storage container designed to hold vitrified waste at Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, also known as the Vit Plant.
Award Recipient Photos
Michael Z. Podowski
Gail Marcus
Stephen L. Turner
Hashem HashemianAyman HawariRichard KurtzArthur MottaDavid NiggRizwan Uddin
University of Florida (Best Section)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Honorable Mention)
William R. Hamel
Elia Merzari
Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar
Marcel Boiteux
James C. Bresee
Small Local SectionsPittsburgh Local Section (Best Membership, Best Public Information, Best Section Management)San Diego Local Section (Best Meetings and Programs)Large Local SectionsSavannah River Local Section (Best Membership, Best Meetings and Programs, Best Section Management)Idaho Local Section (Best Public Information)
Charlie Nesbitt
Douglas ChapinHidekazu Yoshikawa
Ahmad Alsabbagh
Tatsuo Shikama
High Flux Isotope Reactor
Shannon Bragg-Sitton
Brad Merrill
James W. BehrensBill BorchardtPeter CaracappaHarsh S. DesaiMary Lou Dunzik-GougarMarvin S. FertelSama Bibao y LeonMichael LineberryPeter B. LyonsBob PennAmir ShakaramiRachel SlaybaughRoger Tilbrook
Dean Mitchell
Donald J. Dudziak
Charles Forsberg
Luis E. Echavarri
Mitchell Farmer
Steven L. Stamm
GraduateTexas A&M: Load Following Molten Salt Reactor- (Chimera)Lloyd Price, William Cook, Jinyong FengAdvisor: Prof. Pavel TsvetkovUndergraduatePurdue University: Core Design Analysis Of The Molybdenum-99 Pool ReactorJake Hader, Jeffrey W Klimes, James Baker Marshall, Faisal Y Odeh, Mateusz P Polek, Shane Patrick RaffertyAdvisor: Prof. C.K. ChoiGeorgia Institute of Technology: Water-Based Neutron Scintillator Detector Design, Construction, and TestingAndrew Grice, Kam Yu Lee, Jessica Maddocks, Greg Peacock, Kevin ReevesAdvisor: Prof. Anna EricksonUniversity of Tennessee: Methods to Enhance Spent Fuel Pool and Dry Cask StorageDustin Giltnane, Dave Gotthold, Seth Langford, Michael Ratliff, Jessica Shewmaker, Cody WigginsAdvisor: Prof. Martin Grossbeck
Jose N. Reyes
Larry R. Baylor & Stephen K. Combs
Theofanis Theofanous
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Jeffrey B. Archie, Sr. (VP & CNO; So. Carolina Electric & Gas):Danny G. Bost, (EVP & CNO; Southern Nuclear Operating Co.)
Elmer Lewis
Rachel Slaybaugh
David Pointer
Kyle H. Turner
