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The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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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!
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BREAKING NEWS: Trump issues executive orders to overhaul nuclear industry
The Trump administration issued four executive orders today aimed at boosting domestic nuclear deployment ahead of significant growth in projected energy demand in the coming decades.
During a live signing in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump called nuclear “a hot industry,” adding, “It’s a brilliant industry. [But] you’ve got to do it right. It’s become very safe and environmental.”
Kodai Fukuda, Delgersaikhan Tuya, Jun Nishiyama, Toru Obara
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 194 | Number 3 | March 2020 | Pages 181-189
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2019.1665459
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Removal of fuel debris is regarded as one of the most important operations in the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station (1F-NPS) to decrease long-term risk. To begin the operation, the consequences of possible criticality accidents must be evaluated in advance. In this work, we evaluated radiation doses during possible criticality accidents at 1F-NPS in assumptive fuel debris systems. In particular, the relationship between the water level surrounding the fuel debris and the radiation dose was investigated. This is because the water level surrounding the fuel debris is thought to have an impact on radiation dose during accidents as it affects both the reactivity and shielding of radiation. A combination of space-dependent kinetic analysis and radiation transport analysis was carried out in order to consider the special characteristics of fuel debris systems in water. Instead of traditional point-kinetics analysis, we used the Multi-region Integral Kinetic (MIK) code, which is a unique method based on Monte Carlo neutron transport calculations. The radiation transport calculation code Particle and Heavy Ion Transport Code System (PHITS) was used as well. The analyses revealed that the dose caused by criticality accidents may be the largest in systems in which part of the fuel debris is exposed to the air.