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.
Division Spotlight
Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
Meeting Spotlight
Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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!
Latest Magazine Issues
Jun 2025
Jan 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
August 2025
Nuclear Technology
July 2025
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
NRC’s David Wright visits the Hill and more NRC news
Wright
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is in the spotlight today for three very different reasons. First, NRC Chair David Wright was on Capitol Hill yesterday for his renomination hearing in front of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee. Second, the NRC released its updated milestone schedules according to the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) and the executive orders signed by President Trump last month; and third, as reported by Reuters on Tuesday, 28 former NRC officials have condemned the dismissal of Commissioner Hanson earlier this month.
Renomination: EPW Committee chair Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.Va.) opened the hearing with a statement praising Wright’s experience and emphasized the urgency of stable leadership at the NRC.
“China is executing a rapid build-out of its nuclear industry,” Capito said. “The demand for clean, baseload power is skyrocketing as we position America to win the AI race.”
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators
Technical Session
Friday, December 3, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EST |Lincoln West
Session Chair:
Lin Shao (TAMU)
Session Organizer:
Andrew Hutton
Student Assistant:
Mark Johnson
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.
What the World Needs Now ... is More Neutrons
1:05–1:25PM EST
Charles D. Bowman (The ADNA Corporation)
Paper
Overview of Shielding Analyses for the VENUS Instrument
1:25–1:45PM EST
I.I. Popova (ORNL), F.X. Gallmeier (ORNL)
EXPanded Angle Neutron Spin Echo, EXPANSE, for the Second Target Station
1:45–2:05PM EST
Changwoo Do (ORNL), Rana Ashkar (Virginia Tech), Wei-Ren Chen (ORNL), Georg Ehlers (ORNL), Peter Falus (ILL), Antonio Faraone (NIST), Jason Gardner (ORNL), Reika Katsumata (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Bradley Olsen (MIT), Maikel C. Rheinstädter (McMaster University), Yangyang Wang (ORNL), Yang Z. (YZ) (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
The Influence of the Particle Beam and Accelerator Type on ADS Efficiency
2:05–2:25PM EST
M. Paraipan (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research), V. M. Javadova (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research), S. I. Tyutyunnikov (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)
A Prototype Compact Accelerator Driven Neutron Source for Canada Supporting Medical and Scientific Applications
2:25–2:45PM EST
Dalini D. Maharaj (Univ. Windsor), Mina Abbaslou (TRIUMF), Sana Tabbassum (Purdue), Alexander Gottberg (TRIUMF), Marco Marchetto (TRIUMF), Zin Tun (TVB Assoc.), Linda H. Nie (Purdue), Oliver Kester (TRIUMF), Drew Marquardt (Univ. Windsor), Robert Laxdal (TRIUMF)
Attachment — AccApp Presentation 2021
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
