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
Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
Meeting Spotlight
2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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
Aug 2024
Jan 2024
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
September 2024
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
August 2024
Latest News
Nuclear new build procurement considerations
It may seem counterintuitive, but the best time to enhance the ability to support operations and maintenance for a new plant is before construction starts. This is one of many lessons learned by the currently operating nuclear fleet. As construction and startup of many nuclear facilities was completed, it quickly became evident that the ability to efficiently support operations and maintenance was limited. Most of the information necessary to establish and manage procurement of spare and replacement items, maintenance, and configuration of the facilities was unavailable and had to be gathered on a case-by-case, “on-demand†basis. Absence of necessary information and the associated challenges resulted in the need for staff augmentation and multiyear-long projects to develop equipment bills of material and maintenance programs and to perform technical evaluations for the huge quantities of spare and replacement items being requested.
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.
Wayne L. Andrews, Jr.
Samim Anghaie
Gary M. Ault
Mark A. Bates
Edgar Berkey
Frederick R. Best
Rita C. Bowser
Keith F. Bullen
William R. Campbell, Jr.
Nam Zin Cho
Joe F. Colvin
E. Gail de Planque
Barth W. Doroshuk
Frederick J. Dunhour
A. Nichole Ellis
Patrick F. Ervin
Abel A. Garcia
Tsahi Gozani
Roxy Gwynn
Daniel F. Hang
Ernest J. Harkness
Hashem M. Hashemian
David K. Hayes
Donald R. Hoffman
Sushil C. Jain
Christopher W. Lapp
Harry Lawroski
Mark T. Leonard
Alan E. Levin
John R. Longenecker
V. Patricia Lougheed
V.Adm. Kenneth M. Carr USN
John W. Marbes
Don W. Miller
William R. Mills
Thomas E. Mistler
William L. Myers
Kevin R. O'Kula
Glenn D. Pierce
Donald W. Prigel
Ronald L. Rowley
Marvin S.Fertel
Bill Schaab
Don K. Schopfer
Kurt M. Taylor
John C. Williams
Brian N. Woolweber
Rodney M. Adams
Lawrence K. Akers
John M. Anderson
Steven A. Arndt
Clark J. Artaud
In Memory Ashley
Richard W. Benjamin
Paul W. Benson
Thomas E. Bostrom
Michaele C. Brady Raap
Daniel A. Brotsch
Gilbert J. Brown
Gilbert Browne
Henry W. Burruss, Jr.
Dan G. Cacuci
Ann Tyson Campbell
Diane M. Cato
Steven D. Clement
John E. Cohoon, Jr.
Samuel J. Collins
William F. Conway
Dennis DeMoss
Lawrence F. Drbal
Lawrence B. Durham
Wenstrom E. Edge
Geoffrey R. Egan
Eric J. Epstein
Joseph O. Erb
Vincent J. Esposito
Madeline A. Feltus
Paul A. Fisher
Robert L. Frost
Steve J. Ganthner
Ivo A. Garza
K. Michael Goff
Dealis W. Gwyn
Paul E. Hartnett
Andrew T. Hodgkins
John W. Houck
Robert J. Hovey
Angelina S. Howard
Melissa A. Hunter
Rod Hutchinson
Mihaela Ionescu-Bujor
Viktor A. Ivanov
Stanley J. Jefferson
Jeffrey D.E. Jeffries
Baard J. Johansen
W. Reed Johnson
Sid S. Kere
Daniel E. Kimble
Anton F. Kitz
Raphael J. Labauve
Dennis L. Leggett
Stanley H. Levinson
Mimi H. Limbach
Eric P. Loewen
Robert L. Long
Michael D. Lyster
James P. Malone
Thomas F. Marcille
Walter J. McCarthy, Jr.
John Kevin McCoy
Thomas P. McLaughlin
John W. McMahan
Jack L. Morgan
Masao Nozawa
Lawrence T. Papay
Shawn D. Pautz
Charles W. Pennington
Alfred M. Perry
Edward U. Powell
Edward L. Quinn
Ronald E. Reder
Christa E. Reed
Raymond F. Rugg
Ralph K. Schwartzbeck
Bal-Raj Sehgal
Steven M. Short
Thomas B. Silko
Andrew O. Smetana
Augustine N. Smith
Thomas R. Stevens
Robert N. Truitt
Stephen L. Turner
Todd J. Urbatsch
Gale S. Voyles
Joseph W.Talnagi
Dayton D. Wittke
Natalie Ann Yonker
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.