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Division Spotlight
Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
Meeting Spotlight
Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2025)
May 4–8, 2025
Huntsville, AL|Huntsville Marriott and the Space & Rocket Center
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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U.S. nuclear capacity factors: Stability and energy dominance
Nuclear generation has inertia. Massive spinning turbines keep electricity flowing during grid disturbances. But nuclear generation also has a kind of inertia that isn’t governed by the laws of motion.
Starting—and then finishing—a power reactor construction project requires significant upfront effort and money, but once built a reactor can run for decades. Capacity factors of U.S. reactors have remained near 90 percent since the turn of the century, but it took more than a decade of improvements to reach that steady state. The payoff for nuclear investments is long-term and reliable.
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May 12–14, 2014
International Conference on Physics and Technology of Reactors and Applications (PHYTRA3)
Tetouan City, Morocco
April 6–9, 2014
2014 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP '14)
Charlotte, NC|The Westin Charlotte
February 24–26, 2014
Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS) 2014
John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
February 13–15, 2014
Radiation Safety in Medicine
Baton Rouge, LA
November 10–14, 2013
2013 ANS Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo
The 75th Anniversary of the Discovery of Nuclear Fission
Washington, DC|Omni Shoreham Hotel
October 27–31, 2013
Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications + Monte Carlo (SNA+MC 2013)
Paris
October 21–25, 2013
10th International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology (TRITIUM 2013)
Nice, France
September 29–October 3, 2013
Topical Meeting of the ANS Nuclear Criticality Safety Division
Criticality Safety in the Modern Era: Raising the Bar
Wilmington, NC|Hilton Riverside
GLOBAL 2013
Salt Lake City, UT|Little America Hotel
September 22–26, 2013
2013 International Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2013)
Columbia, SC|Marriott Columbia
September 15–19, 2013
2013 LWR Fuel Performance Meeting / TopFuel
Charlotte, NC|Westin Charlotte Hotel
September 9–13, 2013
22nd International Conference on Nuclear Energy for New Europe (NENE 2013)
Bled, Slovenia
September 8–13, 2013
8th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Science and Applications
Nara, Japan|Nara Prefectural New Public Hall
August 11–15, 2013
16th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems - Water Reactors
Asheville, NC
August 11–14, 2013
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo
Nuclear Power - Teaming for the Future
Hollywood, FL|Westin Diplomat
August 5–9, 2013
Accelerator Applications Topical Meeting (AccApp '13)
Bruges, Belgium|Oud St. Jan
July 7–11, 2013
Linear Non-Threshold Model: Advocates, Critics, Public Perception, and Saftey Policy
Madison, WI
June 23–27, 2013
3rd International Meeting on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation, Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA)
Marceilla, France
June 16–20, 2013
2013 ANS Annual Meeting
Next Generation Nuclear Energy: Prospects and Challenges
Atlanta, GA|Hyatt Regency Atlanta
May 26–30, 2013
International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems (ICENES)
Madrid, Spain
