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Division Spotlight
Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
Meeting Spotlight
Utility Working Conference Virtual Summit (UWC)
August 11, 2020
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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July 2020
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August 2020
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
China’s Tianwan-5 attains first criticality
Reactor operators bring Tianwan’s Unit 5 to first criticality. Photo: CNNC
Unit 5 at the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China achieved initial criticality on July 27, marking “the completion of the commissioning of the overall system and equipment of the unit,” according to Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation, the plant’s owner and operator.
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June 8–11, 2020
2020 ANS Annual Meeting
Countdown to 2030 - Framing the Nuclear Technology Agenda for the Next 10 Years
Online Virtual Meeting
May 18–22, 2020
Joint International Conference on Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications + Monte Carlo 2020
Due to COVID-19, this meeting has officially cancelled. Please visit the website for further details.
Tokyo Metropolitan Area (Chiba), Japan
April 5–9, 2020
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators (AccApp '20)
Due to COVID-19, AccApp has officially postponed. Please visit the website for further details.
Vienna, Austria
April 6–8, 2020
Nuclear Emerging Technology for Space (NETS) 2020
Due to the evolving health concerns relating to the coronavirus (COVID-19), NETS 2020, scheduled for April 6-9, 2020 at the Knoxville Convention Center, is being postponed until further notice.
Knoxville, TN
March 29–April 2, 2020
PHYSOR 2020
It is therefore with heavy hearts that we have no choice but to announce that the PHYSOR 2020 conference in Cambridge will be cancelled. Please be assured that your open access papers will be published in the proceedings on the conference website.
Cambridge, UK
March 26–28, 2020
2020 Student Conference
Raleigh, NC|North Carolina State University
March 15–19, 2020
International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP2020)
ICAPP 2020 has cancelled due to Public Health and Safety Concerns with regards to the Covid-19 outbreak. New information will be posted to the website once confirmed.
Abu Dhabi, UAE
November 17–21, 2019
2019 ANS Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo
Nuclear Technology for the U.S. and the World
Washington, DC|Marriott Wardman Park
October 6–10, 2019
Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems (MiNES)
Baltimore, MD|Hilton Baltimore
October 6–9, 2019
19th International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems (ICENES2019)
Bali, Indonesia
September 22–27, 2019
11th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications
Osaka, Japan
September 22–26, 2019
Global/Top Fuel 2019
Seattle, WA|The Westin Seattle
August 25–29, 2019
M&C 2019
Portland, OR|Marriott Portland Downtown Waterfront
August 18–23, 2019
18th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics - NURETH
August 18–22, 2019
19th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems - Water Reactors
Boston, MA|Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center
August 4–7, 2019
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo
Innovating for a Sustainable Nuclear Future
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
June 9–13, 2019
2019 ANS Annual Meeting
The Value of Nuclear
Minneapolis, MN|Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
May 27–31, 2019
ICDA-3 - 3rd International Conference on Dosimetry and Applications
Centro de Congressos, IST, Lisbon, Portugal
May 12–15, 2019
2019 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP '19)
Juan les Pins - French Riviera
April 28–May 3, 2019
2019 International Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2019)
Charleston, SC|Charleston Marriott
