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 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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
Dec 2025
Jul 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
December 2025
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
November 2025
Latest News
Modernizing I&C for operations and maintenance, one phase at a time
The two reactors at Dominion Energy’s Surry plant are among the oldest in the U.S. nuclear fleet. Yet when the plant celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023, staff could raise a toast to the future. Surry was one of the first plants to file a subsequent license renewal (SLR) application, and in May 2021, it became official: the plant was licensed to operate for a full 80 years, extending its reactors’ lifespans into 2052 and 2053.
W. E. Han
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 44 | Number 2 | September 2003 | Pages 425-429
Technical Paper | Fusion Energy - Tritium and Safety and Environment | doi.org/10.13182/FST03-A372
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Refinements to consequence modelling for hypothetical accidents in Fusion Power Plants have been explored. This leads to improved accuracy and a reduction in some of the conservatism inherent in previous calculations. Assumptions made in previous analyses for the Safety and Environmental Assessment of Fusion Power (SEAFP) are examined, with particular emphasis given to aerosol modelling within the containment and dispersion and dose calculations. By employing a more realistic treatment of the time dependence in the aerosol model and introducing a procedure for accounting for the effects of wind meander, it is shown how to obtain results which may be used to adjust previously derived dose estimates. Further analysis assesses the possibility of aerosol particle removal by filtering in cracks in the containment barriers, as material leaks into the environment. The potential for mitigation by this mechanism has been neglected in previous calculations.