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.
Division Spotlight
Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
Meeting Spotlight
2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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
Apr 2024
Jan 2024
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
May 2024
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
College students help develop waste-measuring device at Hanford
A partnership between Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) and Washington State University has resulted in the development of a device to measure radioactive and chemical tank waste at the Hanford Site. WRPS is the contractor at Hanford for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management.
Malgorzata Karpow Sneve, Katarzyna Siegien-Iwaniuk (Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority), Natalya Shandala (Federal Medical Biological Agency of Russia), Anatoly Grigoriev (ROSATOM), Graham Smith (GMS Abingdon Ltd.)
Proceedings | 16th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference (IHLRWM 2017) | Charlotte, NC, April 9-13, 2017 | Pages 976-981
Spent fuel from Russian nuclear powered submarines has been stored at shore based facilities for more than 20 years, notably at Andreeva Bay in the Kola Peninsula. The storage facilities were for some years poorly maintained and a significant fraction of the fuel that is still in store at the site is damaged or otherwise in a poor condition. Over the last ten years or so, much work has been done to improve the technical infrastructure and prepare for recovery of the spent fuel from the temporary stores and to provide for its further management. This paper presents progress with projects for improved technical and safety infrastructure and preparation for its recovery prior to transfer to Mayak PA for long-term management. In is shown that all this work has been done under special regulations and regulatory procedures that were developed with support from the bi-lateral cooperation program between the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority and Federal Medical Biological Agency of Russia. This regulatory work was necessary to address the abnormal condition of the spent fuel and other conditions at the site. The next stage of work is to carry out the main spent fuel recovery operations during 2017 – 2018 and its subsequent transfer to Mayak PA. Lessons learnt from this work are being used in support of improved international recommendations and guidance on how to address legacy issues including management of spent fuel following major disruptive events such as the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.