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.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference 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
Aug 2025
Jan 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
September 2025
Nuclear Technology
August 2025
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Quad Cities violations lead to NRC confirmatory order
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has sent a confirmatory order to Constellation Energy Generation outlining the agreed-on actions to address apparent violations of agency requirements at Quad Cities nuclear power plant in Cordova, Ill. The corrective and preventive actions are based on a June neutral party–mediated alternative dispute resolution (ADR) session that had been requested by Constellation to help it and agency decide on steps forward.
Technical Session|Radiation Protection and Medical Physics
Friday, April 5, 2024|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Engineering Design and Innovation Building Room 326
Session Chair:
Aamer A. Bashir (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Roman D. Samulyak (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
Dosimetric Effect of 2 vs 3 Treatment Fields in Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy Treatment Planning for Lung Cancer
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Shereen Aissi (Univ. California, Berkeley), Shannon O'Reilly (Univ. Pennsylvania)
Paper
Gadolinium-Based Nanoparticles Enhance Radiation Therapy of Lung Carcinoma In Vitro
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Mriganka Mandal (MIT), Zeinaf Muradova (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), Ross Berbeco (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School), Toby Morris (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, University of Massachusetts Lowell), Lena Carmés (NH TherAguix)
Analyzing Induced Radon Exposure via Attachment to Electronic Cigarette Aerosol
10:55–11:15AM EDT
Ian S. Clark (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Isaac T. McAdams (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Gabriel W. Neura (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Robert W. Johnson (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), John D. Lankford (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Development of In Situ Dosimetry for FLASH Proton Radiotherapy via Organic Scintillating Fibers
11:15–11:35AM EDT
Codey Olson (Univ. Utah), Jacob M. Strong (Univ. Utah), Adam Paxton (Univ. Utah), Geoff Nelson (Univ. Utah), Edward J. Cazalas (Univ. Utah)
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
