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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
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
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!
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Nuclear Science and Engineering
February 2025
Nuclear Technology
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Latest News
Feinstein Institutes to research novel radiation countermeasure
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, home of the research institutes of New York’s Northwell Health, announced it has received a five-year, $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the potential of human ghrelin, a naturally occurring hormone, as a medical countermeasure against radiation-induced gastrointestinal syndrome (GI-ARS).
Thank you to the following donors whose support helps further the Society’s mission to advance, foster, and spur the development and application of nuclear science, engineering, and technology to benefit society.
Samim Anghaie
Walter J. Apley
Kenneth M. Carr USN (Ret)
Hon. W. Davis
E. Gail de Planque
Barth W. Doroshuk
Larry R. Foulke
Abel A. Garcia
Marc A. Garland, in honor of Dr. Walter J. Apley
Ernest J. Harkness
Donald R. Hoffman
Bernadette L. Kirk
Christopher W. Lapp
Gail H. Marcus
Thomas E. Mistler, in memory of Dr. William R. Kimel
M. Jack Ohanian
Roger S. Reynolds
Bill Schaab
Lefteri H. Tsoukalas
A. W. Wendorf
Anonymous, in honor of Dan Hang
Steven A. Atkinson
Richard W. Benjamin
Paul E. Benneche
Edgar Berkey
Michaele C. Brady Raap
Gilbert J. Brown
William R. Campbell, Jr.
Steven D. Clement
Elizabeth Connell
William F. Conway
Frederick J. Dunhour
Lawrence B. Durham
Joseph O. Erb
Patrick F. Ervin
Vincent J. Esposito
James R. Felty
John W. Hallam
Paul E. Hartnett
David K. Hayes
K. Hikido
Angelina S. Howard
Theodore J. Iltis
Viktor A. Ivanov
Baard J. Johansen
W. Reed Johnson
Daniel E. Kimble
Ik Hwan Lee
Alan E. Levin
Phyllis M. Lovett
James P. Malone
John K. McCoy
Thomas P. McLaughlin
David L. Moses
William L. Myers
Mary Jane Oestmann
Mark A. Pella
Glenn D. Pierce
Ronald E. Reder
Christa E. Reed
Theodore Rockwell
Kenneth R. Schultz
Augustine N. Smith
Atsuyuki Suzuki
John J. Taylor
Donald R. Todd
James S. Tulenko
Charles W. Vincent
Michael J. Wallace
J.R. Walsh
Mary Gerry White
Harold E. Williamson
Robert J. Wolfgang
Brian N. Woolweber
Thank you to the following donors whose contributions help provide the financial resources needed for undergraduate and graduate students to begin or continue their academic studies within a variety of nuclear fields.
Thank you to the following donors whose contributions to ANS help support the annual operations of the Society, furthering our mission and important work.
Thank you to the following companies that have matched their employees’ contributions to ANS in support of the Society’s work.