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
2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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
Oct 2025
Jul 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
November 2025
Nuclear Technology
October 2025
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Disease-resistant cauliflower created through nuclear science
International Atomic Energy Agency researchers have helped scientists on the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius to develop a variety of cauliflower that is resistant to black rot disease. The cauliflower was developed through innovative radiation-induced plant-breeding techniques employed by the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture.
Masaki Taniguchi, Satoru Tanaka
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 874-878
Fuel Cycle and Tritium Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963047
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Bonding nature of hydrogen isotopes on the surface of Li2O has been studied with the CRYSTAL92, ab-initio Hartree-Fock calculation code for periodic systems. It was found that the exothermic dissociative adsorption of H2O molecule could occur on the relaxed surface. The adsorption energy for the most stable site was 0.438eV per one H2O. The nature of -OH on the surface of Li2O was also analyzed. Calculation results showed that the stretching vibration of O–H is affected by the chemical species around the -OH.
