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Division Spotlight
Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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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Canada clears Darlington to produce Lu-177 and Y-90
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has amended Ontario Power Generation’s power reactor operating license for Darlington nuclear power plant to authorize the production of the medical radioisotopes lutetium-177 and yttrium-90.
June 14–18, 2009
Advancing Nuclear Technology for a Greater Tomorrow
Atlanta, GA
Pre-registration is now closed. Please register on-site.
General Chair:
Jeffrey T. Gasser (Southern Nuclear Operating Company)
Program Chair:
Dr. Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Assistant Program Chairs:
Dr. Charles (Chip) Martin (Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board)
Kurshad Muftuoglu (GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Embedded Topical Meeting
Formerly Space Nuclear Conference.
General Chairs:
Samit Bhattacharyya (Savannah River Site)
George Schmidt (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Technical Program Chairs:
Shannon Bragg-Sitton (Texas A&M University)
Michael Houts (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
Steven D. Howe (Idaho National Laboratory Center for Space Nuclear Research)
John Scott (NASA Johnson Space Center)
