ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference Spotlight
2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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!
Latest Magazine Issues
Nov 2025
Jul 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
December 2025
Nuclear Technology
November 2025
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
X-energy begins irradiation testing at INL
Advanced reactor and fuel developer X-energy has officially begun confirmatory irradiation testing at Idaho National Laboratory on its TRISO-X fuel. The testing, which is taking place over the course of the next 13 months, will evaluate the fuel across a variety of operating scenarios and—if all goes according to plan—will be instrumental in qualifying it for commercial use.
Technical Session
Wednesday, September 28, 2022|10:00AM–12:05PM PDT|Harbor
Session Chair:
Kumar Mohindroo (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Lawrence Heilbronn (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
The Sensitivity of Three Terrestrial Bacteria to a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator
10:00–10:25AM PDT
Noel B. Nelson (ORNL), Michael B.R. Smith (ORNL), Lawrence H. Heilbronn (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Harrison L. Line (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Douglas E. Peplow (ORNL), Mathew W. Swinney (ORNL)
Paper
The Lunar Neutron Environment Behind Regolith Shielding
10:25–10:50AM PDT
RayActive : A New CAD Based Neutron Induced Activation Analysis Methodology
10:50–11:15AM PDT
Nicolas Dray (Trad - Tests & Radiations), Eric Suraud (Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de Toulouse), Cédric Dossat (Trad - Tests & Radiations), Nathalie Chatry (Trad - Tests & Radiations)
Activation of Cooling Water at the European XFEL Beam Dumps
11:15–11:40AM PDT
Michael Schmitz (DESY), Taiee Ted Liang (DESY)
Presented by Albrecht Leuschner (DESY)
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
