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
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
Jul 2025
Jan 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
August 2025
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
July 2025
Latest News
Recent surveys confirm high levels of U.S. nuclear support
Surveys have consistently indicated that public support in the United States for the use of nuclear energy has been increasing in recent years. Four recent surveys continue to suggest that near-record-high numbers of Americans support nuclear energy. However, the survey results differ—sometimes widely—in the details of their findings.
M.D. Werst, G.W. Brunson, K. T. Hsieh, R.L. Sledge, D.J. Wehrlen, W.F. Weldon, H.H. Woodson
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1217-1222
Ignition Device | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29509
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The Center for Electromechanics at The University of Texas at Austin (CEM-UT) has designed, built, and is now testing a full torus, single-turn magnet designed to produce 20 Tesla (T) on-axis. The Ignition Technology Demonstration (ITD) as it is called is a 0.06 scale Texas Ignition Experiment (IGNITEX) toroidal field (TF) magnet prototype. The purpose of the ITD program is to demonstrate the operation of a 20 T, single-turn TF coil powered by homopolar generators (HPGs). To date the prototype TF magnet has produced a purely toroidal, on-axis field of 15.0 T without an axial preload.
