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
Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences
The mission of the Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences (DES) Division is to promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the use of nuclear energy and the optimal management and stewardship of the environment, sustainable development, decommissioning, remediation, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear-related installations, and sites. The target audience for this effort is the membership of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.
Meeting Spotlight
International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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
Apr 2025
Jan 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
May 2025
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Monday, June 8, 2020|3:30–5:15PM EDT
Session Chair:
Christina Leggett (DOE)
Alternate Chair:
Stephanie H. Bruffey
Staff Producer:
Daniel Goldberg (American Nuclear Society)
The need for extended dry and wet storage and potential transportation of commercial spent nuclear fuel (SNF) is of heightened interest to various stakeholders. In this paper session, speakers will present recent studies and activities associated with the safe storage and transportation (e.g., advances in, demonstrations of, studies of, etc. cask/overpack system designs or site infrastructure improvements) of commercial SNF.
To access the session recording, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Analysis of Potential Standardized Canister Deployments at Commercial US Nuclear Reactor Sites
Robby Joseph (ORNL), Riley Cumberland (ORNL), Rob Howard (ORNL)
Paper
Rapid Analytic Determination of Dry Cask Storage Canister Internal Temperatures
Evan T. Palmer (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Matthew M. Barry (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
Development of a CFD Model for the Drying of Aluminum-clad Spent Fuel
Nathaniel Cooper (Univ. of South Carolina), Jamil Khan (INL), Tanvir Farouk (INL), Yi Wang (INL), Rebecca Smith (INL), Travis Knight (Univ. of South Carolina)
Inverse Depletion of Used Nuclear Fuel: a Bayesian Approach
Bassam A. Khuwaileh (Univ. of Sharjah), Fatima I. Al-Hamadi (Univ. of Sharjah), Mohammad A. Al-Shabi (Univ. of Sharjah), Walid A. Metwally (Univ. of Sharjah)
Presentation Video (Visible to Attendees)
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
