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Division Spotlight
Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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!
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BREAKING NEWS: Trump issues executive orders to overhaul nuclear industry
The Trump administration issued four executive orders today aimed at boosting domestic nuclear deployment ahead of significant growth in projected energy demand in the coming decades.
During a live signing in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump called nuclear “a hot industry,” adding, “It’s a brilliant industry. [But] you’ve got to do it right. It’s become very safe and environmental.”
May 13–18, 2018
Lucca, Italy
Honorary Chair:
Mike Modro (Senior Advisory Chair of Nuclear and Industrial Engineering, NINE)
General Chairs:
Timothy E. Valentine (Director, Radiation Safety Info Computational Ctr, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
N. Dihn (Professor, North Carolina State University)
Program Chairs:
Alessandro Petruzzi (President of Nuclear and Industrial Engineering, NINE)
Kurshad Muftuoglu (Principal Engineer/Technologist, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Kostadin N. Ivanov (Professor, North Carolina State University)
Hideo Nakamura (Japan Atomic Energy Agency, JAEA)
