About ANS
- ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
About Nuclear
- Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Communities
- Division Spotlight
  Reactor Physics
  The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
Events
- Meeting Spotlight
  ANS Student Conference 2025
  April 3–5, 2025
  Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
Standards
- 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!
Publications
- Latest Magazine Issues
  Mar 2025
  Jan 2025
  Latest Journal Issues
  Nuclear Science and Engineering
  April 2025
  Nuclear Technology
  April 2025
  Fusion Science and Technology
  April 2025
- Latest News
  State legislation: Illinois bill aims to lift state’s remaining nuclear moratorium
  A bill that would fully repeal the state’s entire moratorium on new nuclear projects survived a key deadline in the Illinois General Assembly last week.
  To stay afloat in the spring legislative session, bills needed to be assigned to committee by March 21, and state Sen. Sue Rezin’s Senate Bill 1527 now sits with the Senate’s Energy and Public Utilities committee for review.
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Award Recipients

Steven Biegalski

Dr. Lei Cao

Lin-Wen Hu

Anna S. Erickson

Kenan Unlu

Prof. Areg Danagoulian

Prof. Ling-Jian Meng

Prof. Lawrence W. Townsend

William Dunn

Dean Mitchell

Rolf L. Zeisler

Gunter H.R. Kegel

George H. Miley

Richard G. Helmer

Lane A. Bray

Amares Chatt

Allen Brodsky
Shiori Ishino

Martin Berger

Payasada Kotrappa
John C. Dempsey

Ari Brynjolfsson

B. Stephen Carpenter
William L. McLaughlin

John H. Hubbell

Robin P. Gardner

Harold E. Johns

Russell L. Heath

Howard O. Menlove

William S. Lyon, Jr.

John W. Cleland

Charles Artandi

Enzo Ricci
Richard L. Hahn

Godfrey N. Hounsfield

Joseph Silverman

Harold Berger

Arthur Rupp

Powell Richards

Bernard Manowitz

Raymond C. Goertz

Robert F. Nystrom

A. J. Tavendale
G. T. Ewan