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
Christmas Light
’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
No electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged by the chimney with care
With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Kenny C. Gross
Nuclear Technology | Volume 45 | Number 2 | September 1979 | Pages 195-197
Technical Note | Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32312
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
An analytical tag-design scheme is presented that can be used to compute the isotopic compositions for a system of tag nodes, used to identify failed fuel assemblies in reactors with gas-bonded nuclear fuels. The tag nodes are located uniformly across the surfaces of two concentric spheres. This design minimizes the possibility of ambiguous leaker identification in the event of double-assembly failures, while reducing the enrichment requirements for the noble gases used to create the tags. Reducing the enrichment requirements lowers the overall tag costs and makes the design particularly well suited for reactors requiring large numbers of distinct tags.