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 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Latest Magazine Issues
Apr 2026
Jan 2026
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
May 2026
Nuclear Technology
March 2026
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Chernobyl at 40 years: Looking back at Nuclear News
Sunday, April 26, at 1:23 a.m. local time will mark 40 years since the most severe nuclear accident in history: the meltdown of Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union.
In the ensuing four decades, countless books, documentaries, articles, and conference sessions have examined Chernobyl’s history and impact from various angles. There is a similar abundance of outlooks in the archives of Nuclear News, where hundreds of scientists, advocates, critics, and politicians have shared their thoughts on Chernobyl over the years. Today, we will take a look at some highlights from the pages of NN to see how the story of Chernobyl evolved over the decades.
Huaichu Dai, Damao Yao, Gang Lv, Qisheng Xu, Lei Xiu, Feixiang Jin
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 75 | Number 1 | January 2019 | Pages 59-66
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2018.1499395
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
As one of the key components in tokamak fusion reactor, the divertor is often exposed to tritium environment, high heat flux, and neutron radiation which are harmful for human beings and the divertor itself, which is damaged easily. So maintenance for the divertor is necessary. However, due to neutron damage and activation, maintenance for the divertor should be done in a remote way rather than by personnel directly, especially the process for installing the divertor into the inner and outer rails in the vacuum vessel from the outside. As an important compatible structure for the divertor remote handling (RH) process, inner and outer supports should be considered for ensuring the RH process goes well. Thus this paper introduces the China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor divertor support design mechanism, including inner support and outer support, which are based on the requirements of RH. Then the electromagnetic forces generated by Halo current and Eddy current due to plasma disruption are analyzed in order to validate the design of the newly designed support mechanism.