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
Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
Meeting Spotlight
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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
Jun 2024
Jan 2024
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
August 2024
Nuclear Technology
July 2024
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
NRC engineers share their expertise at the University of Puerto Rico
Robert Roche-Rivera and Marcos Rolón-Acevedo are licensed professional engineers who work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are also alumni of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) and have been sharing their knowledge and experience with students at their alma mater since last year, serving as adjunct professors in the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. During the 2023–2024 school year, they each taught two courses: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Wednesday, June 10, 2020|4:35–6:20PM EDT
Session Chair:
Prashant Jain (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Elia Merzari
Track Organizer:
Igor Bolotnov (NCSU)
Staff Producer:
Janice Lindegard (American Nuclear Society)
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.
Validation of the 1-D Thermal Stratification Model in Gallium Environment
Cihang Lu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Brendan Ward (Kansas State Univ.), Hitesh Bindra (Kansas State Univ.)
Paper
Cooling Channel Optimization in Additively Manufactured Gas-Cooled Reactor Core
Justin Weinmeister, Prashant K. Jain
Multi-Scale & Multi-Physics Analysis of PWR Steam Line Break Accident
Jae Ryong Lee (KAERI), Han Young Yoon (KAERI), Ik Kyu Park (KAERI)
Sodium Fire Models for In- and Ex-vessel Safety Analysis Code SPECTRA
Mitsuhiro Aoyagi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Akihiro Uchibori (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Takashi Takata (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Hiroyuki Ohshima (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Code Validation for SBLOCA Test of PHWR using MARS-KS
Kyunglok Baek (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Seon Oh Yu (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.