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 MSTD
Monday, November 16, 2020|1:00–3:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Maria A. Okuniewski
Alternate Chair:
Colby B. Jensen
Session Organizer:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Staff Producer:
Jessie Vazquez (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.
Building a Molten-Salt Forced-Circulation Loop for the MIT Reactor
Charles W. Forsberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Kevin R. Robb (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Raluca O. Scarlat (University of California at Berkeley), Ayman I. Hawari (North Carolina State University), David M. Carpenter (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Paper
Overpower Testing of TCR Fuel in TREAT
Daniel M. Wachs (Idaho National Laboratory), Gokul Vasudevamurthy (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kurt A. Terrani (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Trevor Smuin (Idaho National Laboratory), Daniel Schappel (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Matthew Ramirez (Idaho National Laboratory), Kory Linton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Connie M. Hill (Idaho National Laboratory), Joshua D. Fishler (Idaho National Laboratory), Daniel Chapman (Idaho National Laboratory), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (Idaho National Laboratory)
Enabling Future Microreactor Testing with the NIMBLE Platform in TREAT
Daniel M. Wachs (Idaho National Laboratory), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (Idaho National Laboratory), Begona Aranguren (Texas A&M University College Station), Daniel B. Chapman (Idaho National Laboratory), Kayla Clements (University of Florida), Aaron S. Epiney (Idaho National Laboratory), Austin D. Fleming (Idaho National Laboratory), Justin T. Johnson (Idaho National Laboratory), Matthew R. Ramirez (Idaho National Laboratory), John D. Bess (Idaho National Laboratory), Kevan D. Weaver (Idaho National Laboratory)
Thermal Design Analysis Supporting a Loss of Coolant Accident Experiment at TREAT
Robert J. Armstrong (INL), Charles P. Folsom (Idaho National Laboratory), Colby B. Jensen (Idaho National Laboratory), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (Idaho National Laboratory)
A Novel In-situ Creep Capsule Design for the Versatile Test Reactor
Dulus Owen (Purdue University), Maria A. Okuniewski (Purdue University)
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.