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
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
January 2026
Nuclear Technology
December 2025
Fusion Science and Technology
November 2025
Latest News
AI at work: Southern Nuclear’s adoption of Copilot agents drives fleet forward
Southern Nuclear is leading the charge in artificial intelligence integration, with employee-developed applications driving efficiencies in maintenance, operations, safety, and performance.
The tools span all roles within the company, with thousands of documented uses throughout the fleet, including improved maintenance efficiency, risk awareness in maintenance activities, and better-informed decision-making. The data-intensive process of preparing for and executing maintenance operations is streamlined by leveraging AI to put the right information at the fingertips for maintenance leaders, planners, schedulers, engineers, and technicians.
E. C. Wingfield and E. J. Hennelly
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 12 | Number 3 | March 1962 | Pages 348-358
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE62-A28085
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Buckling measurements of 42 lattices of natural uranium 1-in. rods in heavy water have been made in an exponential facility at two moderator purities. The fuel assemblies were single rods and clusters of 3, 7, and 19 rods. Lattice pitches varied from 3.00 to 21.59 in. A comparison was made between the bucklings that were measured in the exponential facility and those that were obtained from critical measurements. On the basis of a constant radial buckling for the exponential, systematic differences between the exponential and critical measurements were noted. Possible causes of these differences are discussed. Experimental curves for changes in buckling produced by changes in moderator purity are also given.