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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 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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NWTRB to hold public meeting on SNF disposal and corrosion
The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, an independent federal agency that evaluates the Department of Energy’s efforts to manage and dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, will hold a two-day public meeting May 21–22 to review information on the DOE’s research and development activities related to the disposal of SNF and HLW in crystalline host rocks and on the corrosion of commercial SNF after disposal.
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M. Grace Burke
2023
David Andersson
2022
James F. Stubbins
2021
Robin William Grimes
2020
Rudolph JohannesMaria (Rudy) Konings
2019
Yutai Katoh
2018
Dr. Joseph Y.R. Rashid
2017
Prof. Gary S. Was
2016
Brian Wirth
2015
Arthur T. Motta
2014
Tatsuo Shikama
2012
Lance L. Snead
2010
Theodore M. Besmann
2009
Louis K. Mansur
2008
Robert E. Einziger
2007
Steven J. Zinkle
2006
Donald R. Orlander
2005
Everett E. Bloom
2004
J. Stephen Herring
2002
Gerard L. Hofman
2001
James J. Laidler
2000
Gary H. Rinehart
1998
G. Robert Odette
1997
James S. Tulenko
1996
Ronald B. Adamson
1995
Ersel A. Evans
1994
Leon C. Walters
1993
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