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Division Spotlight
Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
Meeting Spotlight
2023 ANS Annual Meeting
June 11–14, 2023
Indianapolis, IN|Marriott Indianapolis Downtown
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!
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Nuclear Science and Engineering
November 2022
Nuclear Technology
December 2022
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Fortune article summarizes nuclear fusion developments
Nuclear fusion “might actually be on the cusp of commercial viability” today, says a recent article in Fortune magazine. The article offers a brief review of recent technical and entrepreneurial developments in fusion energy. It also places these developments in perspective regarding the hurdles that remain before commercialization can be realized.
Bader Almutairi (Missouri S&T, Kuwait Inst. Sci. Res.), Dinesh Kumar (FAEC, Uppsala Univ.), Tuhfatur Ridwan (Cambridge), Syed Bahauddin Alam (FAEC, Rhode Island Nucl. Sci. Centre), Geoff Parks (Cambrige), Cameron S. Goodwin (Rhode Island Nucl. Sci. Centre), Shoaib Usman (Missouri S&T)
Transactions | Volume 120 | Number 1 | June 2019 | Pages 875-878
