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Young Members Group
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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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver 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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ANS designates Armour Research Foundation Reactor as Nuclear Historic Landmark
The American Nuclear Society presented the Illinois Institute of Technology with a plaque last week to officially designate the Armour Research Foundation Reactor a Nuclear Historic Landmark, following the Society’s decision to confer the status onto the reactor in September 2024.
K. N. Prasad, W. A. Jester, F. J. Remick
Nuclear Technology | Volume 24 | Number 2 | November 1974 | Pages 252-259
Technical Paper | Analysis | doi.org/10.13182/NT74-A31481
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Post-cutting chip activation analysis has been developed for the study of tool wear. In this technique, chips produced during machining are analyzed by neutron activation for a tracer that occurs in the tool. Tungsten was used as a tracer that was inherently present in the tool, and europium was used as a tracer that was added to the tool during its production. It was found that europium fails to effectively meet all the requirements of a tracer in the tool. By using the tungsten in high-speed steel tools and Ti—6Al—4 V alloy work material, it was shown that (a) a random selection of chips was ineffective in providing useful tool wear information and (b) the traditionally ignored break-in period of tool wear could be used to predict tool life to within the same margin of error as conventional methods, but with potential savings in time and cost.
