A message from United Cleanup Oak Ridge, LLC

Oak Ridge: The Future Begins With Cleanup

Statement on the successful landing of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars

Statement from American Nuclear Society President Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar and CEO Craig Piercy

February 18, 2021, 3:13PMPress Releases

ANS congratulates NASA for the successful landing of Perseverance on Mars. We look forward to watching from afar its exploration of the Red Planet and search for past microbial life. This is a proud moment as well for nuclear science and technology as a multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator will be powering the rover to mission success.

Credit must be given to Idaho National Laboratory for assembling and testing the generator and to Los Alamos and Oak Ridge national laboratories for producing its plutonium fuel, which will keep the rover’s instruments running and warm for years to come.

Tags:

LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Email

How can the nuclear community support space applications?

April 22, 2024, 7:01AMNuclear NewsSean Doherty

The most important thing the nuclear community can do to support space nuclear applications is the same thing we must focus on for terrestrial nuclear science: developing the trust of the...

Radiant horizons: Fission surface power on the moon, Mars, and beyond

April 12, 2024, 7:02AMNuclear NewsLindsay Kaldon

Imagine what our world would be like today without the benefits of electric energy. Think of the inventions and technologies that never would have been. Think of a world without power grids...

Former Exelon CEO Chris Crane remembered for “transformational milestones”

April 17, 2024, 3:02PMNuclear News

Exelon announced that Chris Crane, the company’s former chief executive, passed away on Saturday in Chicago at the age of 65.Crane served as the company’s president and CEO from 2012 until...

Nations envision nuclear reactors on the moon

March 25, 2024, 12:02PMANS Nuclear Cafe

Russian space agency Roscosmos has announced its intention to build a nuclear reactor on the lunar surface in collaboration with the China National Space Administration. According to Roscosmos...

Clementine—The world’s first fast neutron reactor

March 19, 2024, 3:00PMNuclear News

In March 1949—75 years ago this month—the 25-kilowatt reactor known as Clementine reached full power. As an experimental reactor, it had a rather long and successful run. It was the...

Statement from The American Nuclear Society on FY 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act

March 5, 2024, 12:40PMPress Releases

Statement from Craig Piercy, CEO and Executive Director of the American Nuclear Society, on the Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act:...

Japanese gangster charged with trafficking nuclear materials

February 26, 2024, 12:12PMNuclear News

U.S. officials have brought charges of nuclear materials trafficking against a Japanese gangster who has been in federal custody since 2022.In a case filled with international espionage, along...

Lawmakers seek nuclear solutions to Hawaii energy issues

February 8, 2024, 3:00PMNuclear News

New legislation being considered could make Hawaii the 29th state to produce nuclear power—although the proposal faces an uphill battle.Two bills introduced in the state legislature would...

2023 in Review: January–March

January 10, 2024, 9:32AMNuclear News

Another calendar year has passed. Before heading too far into 2024, let’s look back at what happened in 2023 in the nuclear community. In today's post, compiled from Nuclear News and Nuclear...

Young Members Group shines at YPC

January 9, 2024, 4:48PMNuclear News

A big thank-you to the American Nuclear Society Young Members Group for all it accomplished at the Young Professionals Congress (YPC) and President’s Special Session at the 2023 ANS Winter...

Statement on the successful landing of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars

Related Articles