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 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
Latest Magazine Issues
Jul 2026
Jan 2026
2026
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
September 2026
Nuclear Technology
August 2026
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
A closer look at NRC’s proposed rule eliminating ALARA
On July 1, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed removing the “as low as reasonably achievable” (ALARA) principle from its radiation protection regulations and replacing it with a graded approach. The agency also proposed increases to effluent dose limits and adjusting how it handles allowances for exceeding dose limits.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Acacia
Session Chair:
JoAnne Hanners (DOE-NE)
Alternate Chair:
Anna Podgorney (NEUP/INL)
Session Organizer:
Andrew E. Thomas (INL)
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
Aggregation of Hidden Markov Models for Prognostics of Maintenance-Dependent Processes
1:00–1:20PM MST
Mattia Zanotelli (Univ. Tennessee., Knoxville), J. Wesley Hines (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie B. Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Paper
Depletion Perturbation Theory Developments in Monte Carlo Simulations
1:20–1:40PM MST
Benjamin Murphy (Univ. New Mexico), Christopher Perfetti (Univ. New Mexico)
NuQKD: Development of a QKD Simulation Tool for Nuclear Reactor Communications
1:40–2:00PM MST
Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue), Vasileios Theos (Purdue), Reshma Ughade (Purdue), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue)
Modeling Deposition and Resuspension in an Integral Pressurized Water Reactor
2:00–2:20PM MST
Iza Lantgios (Univ. Pittsburgh), Rohan Biwalkar (Pittsburgh Technical), Sola Talabi (Pittsburgh Technical), Katherine Hornbostel (Univ. Pittsburgh)
Validation Experiment Design for HENRI Coupled Code CONSTELATION
2:20–2:40PM MST
A. Warren (Oregon State), G. Mignot (Oregon State), T.K. Howard (Oregon State), W. Marcum (Oregon State)