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Division Spotlight
Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
Meeting Spotlight
2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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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Digital control system installed at China’s Linglong One
Earlier this month, the first digital control system was put in place at Linglong One, a small modular reactor demonstration project being built at the Changjiang nuclear power plant in Hainan Province. This is the world’s first land-based commercial SMR and is controlled by China National Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
2023 ANS Student Conference Speaker
Kaylee is a first year PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology studying Nuclear Science and Engineering, with a concentration in Materials Science. She received a bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Florida in May 2022, where she served as President of the UF American Nuclear Society Chapter. Kaylee has held internship positions at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and BWX Technologies. She actively serves as the Chair of the Nuclear Engineering Student Delegation, a nuclear policy advocacy program for students. Kaylee, also known as “Ms. Nuclear Energy”, has acquired over 84,000 followers on TikTok for her videos advocating for and educating about nuclear energy.
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