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
Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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!
Latest Magazine Issues
Jun 2025
Jan 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
July 2025
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
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.
Technical Session|Special Topics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|9:00–10:20AM EDT|Columbia 1
Session Chair:
Lane B. Carasik
Alternate Chair:
Caleb S. Brooks
Session Organizer:
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
Fully Implicit Conjugate Heat Transfer Analysis of the ARC-Class Vacuum Vessel
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Arpan Sircar (ORNL), Katarzyna Borowiec (ORNL), Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Vittorio Badalassi (ORNL), Jerome Solberg (LLNL)
Paper
Design and Analysis of a Novel Molten Salt Fusion Breeder Blanket System Using SAM
9:20–9:40AM EDT
Trevor C. Franklin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Amelie M. Lutz (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Sierra A. Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Simulations of Heat Transfer Using Tight Fitting Twisted Tape Inserts for 1st Wall Cooling in Molten Salt Breeder Blankets
9:40–10:00AM EDT
Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Trevor C. Franklin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Amelie M. Lutz (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carter E. Steward (Virginia Military Institute)
Thermal Hydraulic and Mechanical Assessment of the DTT ICRH Antenna
10:00–10:20AM EDT
Ranieri Marinari (ENEA), Pietro Maccari (ENEA), Alessandro Del Nevo (ENEA), Nicolò Badodi (Politecnico di Milano), Silvio Ceccuzzi (ENEA), Gianluca Camera (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II), Giuseppe Di Gironimo (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — ppt
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
