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Division Spotlight
Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
Meeting Spotlight
International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver 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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The 2025 ANS election results are in!
Spring marks the passing of the torch for American Nuclear Society leadership. During this election cycle, ANS members voted for the newest vice president/president-elect, treasurer, and six board of director positions (four U.S., one non-U.S., one student). New professional division leadership was also decided on in this election, which opened February 25 and closed April 15. About 21 percent of eligible members of the Society voted—a similar turnout to last year.
Technical Session|Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
Thursday, May 9, 2024|10:00–11:40AM MDT|Coronado/DeVargas
Session Chair:
Mikaela Blood (Lockheed Martin)
Alternate Chair:
Katey Lenox (INL)
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Technologies and Techniques for a Compact, Lightweight, and Versatile Nuclear Exploration Stage
10:00–10:25AM MDT
Dakota Santana (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)
Paper
Fast Cadence Commercial Multi-Launch NTP Vehicle with Combined Boil-Off and Zero Boil-Off Tank Systems
10:25–10:50AM MDT
Craig Foulds (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Michael Eades (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Vishal Patel (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Paolo Venneri (Ultra Safe Nuclear)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees)
Studies on the Nuclear Salt Water Rocket Concept by Means of One-Dimensional Neutronic Modelling with Thermal Hydraulic Coupling
10:50–11:15AM MDT
Maximilian Kraus (Univ. Cambridge), Nathaniel Read (Univ. Cambridge), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge)
Power Adjusted Demonstration Mars Engine (PADME) Design
11:15–11:40AM MDT
Vishal Patel (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Ethan Chaleff (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Jenny Gaebel (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Morgan Gulliver (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Brian Ade (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Caen Ang (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Tanek Ballachanda (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Tom Crotzer (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Jesse Dumas (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Michael Eades (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Andrew Falkowski (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Neal Gaffin (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Marcus Gage (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Gavin Garside (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Cristian Garza (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Doug Greisen (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Tom Hinklin (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Nolan MacDonald (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Andrew Minter (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Sara Pelka (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Aaron She (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Paolo Venneri (Ultra Safe Nuclear)
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