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Division Spotlight
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.
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|New and Advanced Reactors
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Columbia 2
Session Chair:
Mauricio Tano (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Lambert Fick (Kairos Power)
Session Organizer:
Rui Hu
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Development and First Application of a Simplified Tool for the Design of a Molten Salt Reactor
1:30–1:50PM EDT
E. Martin Lopez (CEA), L. Matteo (CEA), V. Pascal (CEA), M. Mascaron (CEA), A. Petrilli (CEA)
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Transient Modeling and Simulation of a Generic Stable Salt Reactor
1:50–2:10PM EDT
Thanh Hua (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Andrew Ballard (Moltex Energy Canada), David Catalan (Moltex Energy Canada)
Benchmarking MSRE Reactivity Insertion Tests Using SPECTRA and SAM
2:10–2:30PM EDT
Marek Stempniewicz (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), Ferry Roelofs (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), Ting Fei (ANL), Thanh Hua (ANL), Bo Feng (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL)
Simulations to Understand Thermal Performance of Helically Rifled Heat Transfer Enhancements for Molten Salts
2:30–2:50PM EDT
James R. Vulcanoff (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Implementation of a Gas Transport Model in SAM for Modeling Molten Salt Reactors
2:50–3:10PM EDT
Robert Salko (ORNL), Travis Mui (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL)
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