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Division Spotlight
Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
Meeting Spotlight
ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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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A diamond battery for Valentine’s Day?
The world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery became a reality in a United Kingdom laboratory this past December when it was created by scientists from University of Bristol and the U.K. Atomic Energy Authority.
General Chair:
John R. Longenecker (Longenecker Associates, Inc.)
Program Chair:
Kenneth Geelhood (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Assistant Program Chair:
Jean-Francois Lucchini (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Student Program Cochairs:
Hannah Patenaude (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Nathan Ryan (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
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