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
Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
Meeting Spotlight
International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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
Apr 2025
Jan 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
June 2025
Nuclear Technology
May 2025
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Sam Altman steps down as Oklo board chair
Advanced nuclear company Oklo Inc. has new leadership for its board of directors as billionaire Sam Altman is stepping down from the position he has held since 2015. The move is meant to open new partnership opportunities with OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, and other artificial intelligence companies.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EST|Cabinet
Session Chair:
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
Spatially Resolved Thermochemistry with Chemical Species Tracking in Molten Salt Reactors
8:00–8:20AM EST
Samuel A. Walker (INL), Parikshit Bajpai (INL), Daniel Schwen (INL), Mauricio Tano (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL)
Paper
CNRS Molten Salt Reactor Benchmark Analysis Using Griffin-Pronghorn Coupled Multi-Physics Code System
8:20–8:40AM EST
Namjae Choi (INL), Mustafa Jaradat (INL), Abdalla Abou Jaoude (INL)
SAM Model of the HTTF in the Virtual Test Bed
8:40–9:00AM EST
Thanh Hua (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL)
Natural Convection CFD Modeling of a Microreactor Air Jacket
9:00–9:20AM EST
Anshuman Chaube (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), April Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Caleb Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Recent and Upcoming Microreactor Models Submission in the VTB
9:20–9:40AM EST
Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Ahmed Abdelhameed (ANL), Nick Fassino (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL), Kun Mo (ANL), Lander Ibarra (ANL), Daniel Nunez (ANL), Emily Shemon (ANL)
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.