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.
Division Spotlight
Reactor Physics
The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
Meeting Spotlight
Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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
Jun 2025
Jan 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
August 2025
Nuclear Technology
July 2025
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Take steps on SNF and HLW disposal
Matt Bowen
With a new administration and Congress, it is time once again to ponder what will happen—if anything—on U.S. spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste management policy over the next few years. One element of the forthcoming discussion seems clear: The executive and legislative branches are eager to talk about recycling commercial SNF. Whatever the merits of doing so, it does not obviate the need for one or more facilities for disposal of remaining long-lived radionuclides. For that reason, making progress on U.S. disposal capabilities remains urgent, lest the associated radionuclide inventories simply be left for future generations to deal with.
In March, Rick Perry, who was secretary of energy during President Trump’s first administration, observed that during his tenure at the Department of Energy it became clear to him that any plan to move SNF “required some practical consent of the receiving state and local community.”1
For full papers, presentation needs to be on a USB drive; if unable to use USB, contact your session chair. Lightning Talk presentations should be emailed to: trellue@lanl.gov.You will not be able to use your own laptop and must use the conference-provided laptop.
As back-ups to the USB drive, ANS recommends that you email your slides to yourself and upload them to the meeting platform.
Presenters will not be able to access the internet via the session-room laptop.
Paper presentations will be 20 minutes in length followed by a 5-minute discussion period. Lightning Talks will be 5 minutes each with a minute for transition; Q&A will not follow Lightning Talks.
To find or confirm your presentation time, use the Search the Program box in the Technical Sessions program. You can search by your name. Note that for Lightning Talks, if a speaker is not present, we will move onto the next talk even if it does not fit into the published time frame.
All presenters and panelists need to be registered for the conference.
For posters, please proceed to the designated room at least 15 minutes before the start of the session. You will have an assigned board, and supplies will be provided to attach your printed poster on a foam board (thus, you should bring a paper printout of the poster). The size of the foam boards that posters hang on will be 36" x 48" (self-adhered). Poster presenters can either use push pins or affix their poster with the adhesive.
To upload your slides to the meeting platform as a back-up:
Must be registered for NETS 2024 to access the platform.
Click “Manage Your Papers” in the left-hand navigation bar (under your name) and then “Attachments/Add a New Attachment.”
To add your presentation, click “Add a New Attachment,” select the Presentation Slides (Admins) attachment type, add a document name, upload the file, and click “Add New Attachment."
On the day of your session:
Arrive to your assigned room (as listed in the program) at least 15 minutes before the start of the session.
Bring your slides on your USB drive to the session room. (Note: If you are presenting a Lightning Talk, you will have already emailed your slides to the technical program chair.)
Provide the session chair with a brief biography for introductions.
Do not ask the session chair to reschedule your presentation within the session. Many attendees schedule their attendance at various sessions in accordance with the order of presentations listed in the program.
Technical session rooms will have the following equipment, which must remain in the room:
Laptop computer
LCD projector, screen, and laser pointer
Microphone
Copy Right FormNETS 2024 Call For Papers
Get the NETS 2024 Speaker Presentation Template
Last modified April 25, 2024, 2:27pm MDT
