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
Jul 2025
Jan 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
August 2025
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
July 2025
Latest News
Spent fuel transfer project completed at INL
Work crews at Idaho National Laboratory have transferred 40 spent nuclear fuel canisters into long-term storage vaults, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has reported.
F. A. Koehler, Jr., B. D. Craft, J. Ashe, H. A. Woltermann
Nuclear Technology | Volume 25 | Number 3 | March 1975 | Pages 497-501
Technical Paper | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24387
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Mound Laboratory is engaged in the recovery of tritium from waste materials generated at U.S. Atomic Energy Commission sites. A scrubber system for tritium removal has been designed and constructed at Mound Laboratory. The solutions to be analyzed are first boiled to dryness, and then baked 1 h at 500°C using H2SO4, HCl, or HNO3 as a carrier. The vapors from these solutions are passed through (a) a condenser to remove the bulk of the acid vapors, (b) an NaOH scrubber to remove acid fumes, (c) a mist eliminator to entrap fine mist particles, and (d) a molecular sieve bed to remove all traces of tritiated water. Environmental release is monitored by a Kanne electrometer system which measures the tritium content of the effluent. Use of the scrubber system yields residues with beta counts of <50 count/min with minimal release of tritium to the environment.