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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
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!
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Nuclear Science and Engineering
June 2024
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Fusion Energy Week begins today
Fusion is riding a surge of attention that began in December 2022 when researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility achieved fusion ignition. The organizers of Fusion Energy Week—a group called the U.S. Fusion Outreach Team—on the other hand, trace fusion development back 100 years to the doctoral research of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who discovered that stars, including our Sun, are mostly made of hydrogen and helium, which in turn led to the understanding that those elements are the “fuel” of potential fusion energy systems on Earth. In recognition of Payne-Gaposchkin’s birthday—May 10—the U.S. Fusion Outreach Team plans to hold a “grassroots celebration of fusion energy” May 6–10, 2024, and annually during the second week of May.
Ray A. Hunter
John J. Dorning
University of Wisconsin-Madison (First Place)Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (Second Place)Texas A&M Third Place
Timothy E. Valentine
Robert E. SchenterDonald H. Williams
Joseph M. Hendrie
Small Local SectionsLong Island (Meritorious, Best Public Information and Education, Best Section Management)Eastern Washington (Best Membership)Washington DC (Best Meetings and Programs)Large Local SectionsIdaho (Meritorious)International Local SectionsJapan (Best Meetings and Programs, Best Section Management)
FFTF OperationsMaintenanceEngineeringin recognition of disciplined defueling operations and storage operations of spent mixed oxide fuel
Christopher L. Castrianni
G. Robert Odette
Bernadette L. KirkMartine Griffon-Fouco
Nasr Ghoniem
Hyman G. RickoverRobert R. SeidelUnited States Naval Nuclear Propulsion ProgramGerald Woodcock
Pierre LecocqHerve Freslon
Seymour Katcoff
Ambassador Richard T. Kennedy
Raymond W. Durante
Marilyn D. Weber
GraduateGeorgia Institute of TechnologyL. aldridge, R. Beilke, L. Bryson, E. Davidson, T. Deterding, J. Evans, E. Fort, R. Jeffcoat, S. Klima, M. McLain, A. Nielsen, M. O'Neill, G. Poe, H. Rehman, B. Rose, G. Roach, A. Rodriguez, R. Still, D. Thomas, M. ValenzanoUniversity of TennesseeL. Attieh, D. Bentizinger, L. Berg, D. Evans, D. Pointer, M. WyattUndergraduatePurdue UniversityMichael Bartel, Robert Miller, Benjamin WilsonUniversity of TennesseeW. Bird, S. Brame, C. Duck, M. Eakin, D. Ho
Wolfgang Wulff
John Wesley
Harold W. Lewis
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating StationGPU NuclearCrystal River 3Florida Power Corporation
Harold B. Ray Southern California Edison
Dr. Gerald C. Pomraning posthumouslyRafael B. Perez
Eugene P. Wilkinson