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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.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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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Nuclear fuel cycle reimagined: Powering the next frontiers from nuclear waste
In the fall of 2023, a small Zeno Power team accomplished a major feat: they demonstrated the first strontium-90 heat source in decades—and the first-ever by a commercial company.
Zeno Power worked with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to fabricate and validate this Z1 heat source design at the lab’s Radiochemical Processing Laboratory. The Z1 demonstration heralded renewed interest in developing radioisotope power system (RPS) technology. In early 2025, the heat source was disassembled, and the Sr-90 was returned to the U.S. Department of Energy for continued use.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Integrated Phenomena in Reactor Materials
Thursday, December 14, 2023|8:00–9:40AM CST|Galerie 5
Session Chair:
Peng Wang (Univ. Michigan)
Alternate Chair:
Stuart A. Maloy (PNNL)
Track Organizers:
Andrew Hoffman (n/a)
Adrian Couet (University of Wisconsin- Madison)
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Development of Tapered Specimen Geometries for Accelerated Ion Irradiation Creep Testing of 316 Stainless Steel
8:00–8:20AM CST
M.M. Warwick (Univ. Michigan), W. Peterson (Univ. Michigan), C.A. Hirst (Univ. Michigan), K.G. Field (Univ. Michigan)
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Evaluation of Irradiation Creep Effects in HT9 Cladding for FAST Experiments
8:20–8:40AM CST
A.I. Swearingen (INL), K.M. Paaren (INL), G.I. Beausoleil (INL)
Accelerating Ion Irradiation Sample Throughput via Lateral Gas Implantation Gradients
8:40–9:00AM CST
Charles A. Hirst (Univ. Michigan), Aäron Penders (Univ. Michigan), Alexander Flick (Univ. Michigan), Fabian Naab (Univ. Michigan), Logan N. Clowers (Univ. Michigan), Valentin Pauly (Univ. Michigan), Lauren M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Cody A. Dennett (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Michael P. Short (MIT), Gary S. Was (Univ. Michigan)
Integral Performance of Advanced Metallic Fuel During Severe Transient Overpower
9:00–9:20AM CST
C. Jensen (INL), K. Anderson (INL), B. Armstrong (INL), Austin Fleming (INL), M. Mihelish (INL), R. Fielding (INL), N. Woolstenhulme (INL), J. Schulthess (INL), L. Ocampo Giraldo (INL), P. Medvedev (INL), D. Wachs (INL)
Investigation of Representative LOCA Scenarios on Transient Fission Gas-Induced Fragmentation in Support of Integral LOCA Experiments to be Performed in TREAT
9:20–9:40AM CST
R.J. Armstrong (INL), C.B. Jensen (INL), C.P. Folsom (INL)
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