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.
Division Spotlight
Materials Science & Technology
The objectives of MSTD are: promote the advancement of materials science in Nuclear Science Technology; support the multidisciplines which constitute it; encourage research by providing a forum for the presentation, exchange, and documentation of relevant information; promote the interaction and communication among its members; and recognize and reward its members for significant contributions to the field of materials science in nuclear technology.
Meeting Spotlight
2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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
May 2025
Jan 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
July 2025
Nuclear Technology
June 2025
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Canada clears Darlington to produce Lu-177 and Y-90
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has amended Ontario Power Generation’s power reactor operating license for Darlington nuclear power plant to authorize the production of the medical radioisotopes lutetium-177 and yttrium-90.
Volker Pasler, Dmitry Klimenko
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 56 | Number 2 | August 2009 | Pages 804-808
Safety and Environment | Eighteenth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST09-A9008
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The inductive energy of about 40GJ stored permanently inside the toroidal field (TF) coils of ITER provides a considerable potential of hazard in case of an accident. While for most accidents it could be proved that the damage is limited to the coils themselves, possible high current arcs at the busbars of the TF coils may propagate to and penetrate the cryostat wall. Model arc experiments were setup to understand the propagation and damage potential of such arcs to provide a database for the development and validation of a numerical model as the next step. This work reviews the basic arc propagation and burning modes found so far and introduces new experimental setups and findings.