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
Apr 2026
Jan 2026
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
May 2026
Nuclear Technology
February 2026
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
DTRA’s advancements in nuclear and radiological detection
A new, more complex nuclear age has begun. Echoing the tensions of the Cold War amid rapidly evolving nuclear and radiological threats, preparedness in the modern age is a contest of scientific innovation. The Research and Development Directorate (RD) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is charged with winning this contest.
Erika Callagon La Plante, Yi-Hsuan Hsiao (UCLA), Isabella Pignatelli (Université de Lorraine), Aditya Kumar (Missouri Univ Sci Technol), N.M. Anoop Krishnan (India Inst of Technology), Tandre Oey (UCLA), Howard Dobbs (Univ of California, Santa Barbara), Yingtian Yu (UCLA), Bu Wang (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison), Narayanan Neithalath (Arizona State Univ), Kevin G. Field (ORNL), Jacob Israelachvili (Univ of California, Santa Barbara), Yann Le Pape (ORNL), Mathieu Bauchy, Gaurav Sant (UCLA)
Proceedings | 19th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems - Water Reactors | Boston, MA, August 18-22, 2019 | Pages 582-586
