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Materials Science & Technology
The objectives of MSTD are: promote the advancement of materials science in Nuclear Science Technology; support the multidisciplines which constitute it; encourage research by providing a forum for the presentation, exchange, and documentation of relevant information; promote the interaction and communication among its members; and recognize and reward its members for significant contributions to the field of materials science in nuclear technology.
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 9–14, 2010
PHYSOR 2010, Advances in Reactor Physics to Power the Nuclear Renaissance
Pittsburgh, PA
May 3–6, 2010
National Hydrogen Association (NHA) Hydrogen Conference & Expo Meeting
Long Beach, CA
April 19–23, 2010
2010 RPSD, IRD & BMD Joint Topical
Las Vegas, NV|Palace Station Hotel & Casino
April 11–16, 2010
The Pacific Northwest International Conference on Global Nuclear Security-The Decade Ahead
Portland, OR
April 5–8, 2010
4th Joint Symposium on Computational Medical Physics
"The Nexus of Research on Cancer, Radiation and Supercomputing: Dawn of a Golden Age?"
Houston, TX|Rice University
March 21–24, 2010
INREC'10 - 1st International Nuclear & Renewable Energy Conference
Amman, Jordan|Jordan University of Science and Technology
March 14–18, 2010
International Conference on Human Resource Development For Introducing and Expanding Nuclear Power Programs
Abu Dhabi, UAE
February 9–11, 2010
Space Nuclear Systems Forum
Huntsville, AL
January 17–21, 2010
American Meteorological Society
90th Annual Meeting and Exhibition
Atlanta, GA
November 15–19, 2009
2009 ANS Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo
Nuclear Power: Crafting Energy Solutions
Washington, DC|Omni Shoreham Hotel
October 19–23, 2009
4th Russian International Conference on Nuclear Material Protection, Control and Accounting
Obninsk, Russia
October 4–7, 2009
Computational Medical Physics Working Group (CMPWG III)
September 27–October 2, 2009
13th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH 13)
Kanazawa, Japan
September 26–30, 2009
Water Reactor Fuel Performance Meeting/Top Fuel WRFPM 2009
Paris, France|Palais des Congres de Paris
September 13–17, 2009
Nuclear Criticality Safety: Realism, Robustness and the Nuclear Renaissance
Richland, WA
September 6–9, 2009
Global '09
Paris, France
August 23–27, 2009
14th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems
Virginia Beach, VA
August 2–5, 2009
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo
"Back to the Future"
Amelia Island, FL|Amelia Island Plantation
June 14–18, 2009
2009 ANS Annual Meeting
Advancing Nuclear Technology for a Greater Tomorrow
May 10–14, 2009
2009 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP '09)
Tokyo, Japan|Keio Plaza Hotel
