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Aerospace Nuclear Science & Technology
Organized to promote the advancement of knowledge in the use of nuclear science and technologies in the aerospace application. Specialized nuclear-based technologies and applications are needed to advance the state-of-the-art in aerospace design, engineering and operations to explore planetary bodies in our solar system and beyond, plus enhance the safety of air travel, especially high speed air travel. Areas of interest will include but are not limited to the creation of nuclear-based power and propulsion systems, multifunctional materials to protect humans and electronic components from atmospheric, space, and nuclear power system radiation, human factor strategies for the safety and reliable operation of nuclear power and propulsion plants by non-specialized personnel and more.
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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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June 24–28, 2012
2012 ANS Annual Meeting
Nuclear Science and Technology: Managing the Global Impact of Economic and Natural Events
Chicago, IL|Hyatt Regency Chicago
April 15–20, 2012
International Topical Meeting on Advances in Reactor Physics (PHYSOR 2012)
Knoxville, TN|Knoxville Convention Center
March 25–30, 2012
9th International Conference on the Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC IX)
Kailua-Kona, HI|Sheraton Keauhou Bay
March 19–24, 2012
Lunar & Planetary Science Conference with Embedded Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space 2012 (NETS 2012)
The Woodlands, TX
March 19–22, 2012
International Nuclear and Renewable Energy Conference, INREC '12
Amman, Jordan
January 22–27, 2012
10th International Conference on Nuclear Analytical Methods in the Life Science
Bangkok, Thailand
December 11–16, 2011
Global 2011
Chiba, Japan|Makuhari Messe
October 30–November 3, 2011
2011 ANS Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo
The Status of Global Nuclear Deployment
Washington, DC|Omni Shoreham Hotel
September 25–30, 2011
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-14)
Ontario Canada|Toronto Hilton Hotel
September 26–28, 2011
2nd International Conference on Physics & Technology of Reactors and Applications
FEZ City, Morocco
September 18–23, 2011
3rd International Nuclear Chemistry Congress - 3rd INCC
Palermo, Italy
September 19–22, 2011
International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety
Edinburgh, Scotland|Edinburgh Conference Centre
September 11–14, 2011
Waste Management, Decommissioning and Environmental Restoration for Canada's Nuclear Activities
Ontario, Canada|Marriott Hotel Toronto
2011 Water Reactor Fuel Performance Meeting
Chengdu, China
August 14–17, 2011
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo
Hollywood, FL|Westin Diplomat
August 7–11, 2011
15th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems-Water Reactors
Colorado Springs, CO
August 7–10, 2011
Third International Joint Topical Meeting on Emergency Preparedness and Response and Robotics and Remote Systems
Knoxville, TN|Marriott Hotel
June 26–30, 2011
2011 ANS Annual Meeting
Seizing the Opportunity: Nuclear's Bright Future
Hollywood, Florida|The Westin Diplomat
May 15–19, 2011
15th International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems
San Francisco, CA|Hyatt at Fishermans Wharf
May 8–12, 2011
2011 International Conference on Mathematics, Computational Methods and Reactor Physics
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
