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
Aerospace Nuclear Science & Technology
Organized to promote the advancement of knowledge in the use of nuclear science and technologies in the aerospace application. Specialized nuclear-based technologies and applications are needed to advance the state-of-the-art in aerospace design, engineering and operations to explore planetary bodies in our solar system and beyond, plus enhance the safety of air travel, especially high speed air travel. Areas of interest will include but are not limited to the creation of nuclear-based power and propulsion systems, multifunctional materials to protect humans and electronic components from atmospheric, space, and nuclear power system radiation, human factor strategies for the safety and reliable operation of nuclear power and propulsion plants by non-specialized personnel and more.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2023)
February 6–9, 2023
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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 2022
Jul 2022
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
December 2022
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
November 2022
Latest News
Centrus signs to complete HALEU demo in 2023 as the DOE prepares draft RFP
Centrus Energy confirmed on December 1 that its wholly owned subsidiary American Centrifuge Operating signed a contract with the Department of Energy, which was first announced on November 10, to complete and operate a demo-scale high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) gaseous centrifuge cascade.
The Robert A. Dannels Memorial Scholarship was established by the Board of Directors in December 1983 for graduate students in nuclear science and engineering.
The Mathematics and Computation Division (MCD) requested that they are included in the selection process and preference be given to students in the areas related to the focus of the MCD. This was due to the MCD being the only division financially supporting the scholarship.
Robert (Bob) A. Dannels is praised for both his personal and professional achievements. Despite being confined to a wheelchair since the age of twelve, Bob studied physics at Carnegie Mellon University and joined Westinghouse in 1957. Initially, he specialized in lattice physics, Monte Carlo computations, and nuclear data. He later became Manager of Nuclear Safety Methods Development and served for two years as Director of Organization Development of the PWR Systems Division at Westinghouse. Bob was one of the first members of the Cross Section Evaluation Working Group at Brookhaven National Laboratory and served briefly as Director of the BNL National Neutron Cross Section Center. He was an ANS Fellow and past Chair of both the ANS Mathematics & Computation Division and the ANS Reactor Physics Division. Robert A. Dannels died on December 24, 1981.
Mathematics and Computation Division (MCD)
A selection committee will be established by the Mathematics and Computation Division
Graduate (Masters or Ph.D.)
1 awarded annually @ $3,500/each
February 1
Last modified April 14, 2020, 1:53pm CDT
