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
May 2026
Jan 2026
2026
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
June 2026
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
South Korea looks to Southern and NuScale
This week, the United States and South Korea have taken two steps toward deepening their nuclear partnership through two notable announcements. First, the majority-state owned Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power signed a memorandum of understanding with Birmingham, Ala.–based Southern Nuclear.
Sungmoon Joo
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 199 | Number 8 | August 2025 | Pages 1325-1336
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2340171
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
This study introduces a novel framework for the robotic decommissioning of nuclear facilities, that focuses on object classification and six degrees of freedom pose estimation from partial-view three-dimensional (3-D) scan data. Addressing the challenge of precise robotic manipulation in environments where acquiring full-scan data is impractical, this framework leverages a deep neural network for initial pose estimation, subsequently refined by a modified iterative closest point algorithm. Our method demonstrates high accuracy in identifying scanned objects and estimating their poses from partial-view scans, validated through experiments with 3-D printed mock-ups. This advancement highlights the potential for significantly enhancing robotic automation in nuclear decommissioning and related fields.