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Division Spotlight
Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
Meeting Spotlight
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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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division 2025 Conference
DOE Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Manager
Dr. Angela Chambers is the DOE Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP) Manager since November 3, 2016. She began her career at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant serving in the project management, decontamination and recovery, nuclear criticality safety, and non-destructive assay groups. Angela was a technical staff member and program lead for Los Alamos National Laboratory for 11 years, working for the Probabilistic Analysis Group and then for Weapons Systems Engineering where she had assembly design responsibility for the W78 and W88 systems. She has been involved with Nuclear Explosive Safety since joining NNSA in 2009 and was responsible for NES oversight and the DOE NES directives. Angela retired from the US Air Force Reserves where she instructed military and civilian first responders on nuclear and radiological incidents and the use of radiation detection instrumentation for DoD’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Angela earned her doctorate in nuclear engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. She holds a Master of Science degree in nuclear engineering and a Bachelor of Science in physics, both from the Ohio State University. Angela has two daughters: Trinity and Tristan Ivy-Mike
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