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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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Looking up: The 2025 NETS conference
The American Nuclear Society’s Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2025) conference will take place May 4–8 in Huntsville, Ala. Registration for the meeting is now open, and the Huntsville Marriott at the Space & Rocket Center is also taking room reservations for attendees.
N. Woolstenhulme, D. Chapman, J. Fishler, C. Hill (Idaho National Laboratory), K. Linton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), M. Ramirez (Idaho National Laboratory), D. Schappel (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), T. Smuin , K. Terrani (Idaho National Laboratory), G. Vasudevamurthy (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), D. Wachs (Idaho National Laboratory)
Transactions | Volume 123 | Number 1 | November 2020 | Pages 479-481