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
Sep 2025
Jan 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
September 2025
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
August 2025
Latest News
New consortium to address industry need for nuclear heat and power
Hoping to tackle a growing global demand for energy, The Open Group, a vendor-neutral technology and standards membership organization, has announced the formation of the Industrial Advanced Nuclear Consortium (IANC) to collaborate on finding advanced nuclear energy solutions to serve industrial customers.
R. D. Werner, D. C. Santry
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 56 | Number 1 | January 1975 | Pages 98-100
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE75-A26626
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Deviations from normal mechanical properties observed in stainless steel irradiated by neutrons have been attributed to the production of helium in neutron reactions with nickel. A measurement of the thermal-neutron cross section for the 59Ni(n,α)56Fe reaction has been made in which the alpha-particle emission was determined by a silicon surface-barrier particle spectrometer. The 2200 m/sec cross section obtained is 18.0±1.6 b. This value disagrees with 13.7 ± 0.6 b reported earlier by Eiland and Kirouac.
