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
2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Latest Magazine Issues
Jan 2026
Jul 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
February 2026
Nuclear Technology
January 2026
Fusion Science and Technology
November 2025
Latest News
Katy Huff on the impact of loosening radiation regulations
Katy Huff, former assistant secretary of nuclear energy at the Department of Energy, recently wrote an op-ed that was published in Scientific American.
In the piece, Huff, who is an ANS member and an associate professor in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, argues that weakening Nuclear Regulatory Commission radiation regulations without new research-based evidence will fail to speed up nuclear energy development and could have negative consequences.
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Monday, November 16, 2020|3:40–5:50PM EST
Session Chair:
Erik H. Wilson (ANL)
Session Organizers:
Lin-Wen Hu
Alternate Chair:
Jennifer Meszaros (ORNL)
Staff Producer:
Rick Michal (American Nuclear Society)
To access the session recording, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Progress on U.S and International Low-Enriched Uranium Reactor Conversions
Erik H. Wilson (Argonne National Laboratory), John G. Stevens (Argonne National Laboratory)
Paper
Comparison of LEU Fuel Designs for the NBSR and a Replacement Reactor Concept
David J. Diamond (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Thomas H. Newton (National Institute of Standards & Technology), Danyal J. Turkoglu (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Lap-Yan Cheng (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
The Current Status of Converting the University of Missouri Research Reactor from Highly Enriched Uranium to Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel
Wilson M. Cowherd (Idaho National Laboratory), Leslie P. Foyto (University of Missouri Research Reactor), John A. Stillman (Argonne National Laboratory), Nickie J. Peters (University of Missouri Research Reactor), Earl Feldman (Argonne National Laboratory), Dhongik S. Yoon (Argonne National Laboratory), Erik H. Wilson (Argonne National Laboratory), Kiratadas Kutikkad (University of Missouri Research Reactor)
Effects of LEU Fuel Fabrication Tolerances on Safety and Operation Limits for MIT Reactor
Lin-Wen Hu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Dakota Allen (MIT), Kaichao Sun (MIT), Akshay Dave (MIT), Son H. Pham (ANL), David Jaluvka (ANL), Erik H. Wilson (ANL)
Fuel Conversion Efforts at the High Flux Isotope Reactor - a 2020 Status Update
Benjamin R. Betzler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), David Chandler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jennifer L. Meszaros (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jin W. Bae (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), David H. Cook (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Valerie D. Fudurich (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Trevor Howard (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Christopher J. Hurt (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Germina Ilas (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Prashant K. Jain (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Emilian L. Popov (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Qualification of an LEU Fuel for the Advanced Test Reactor
Jere H. Jenkins (Idaho National Laboratory), Eric Woolstenhulme (Idaho National Laboratory), Maria Pascale (MPR Associates), Douglas Hardymayer (MPR Associates), Kyle G. Metzroth (MPR Associates, Inc.)
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.