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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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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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Fires extinguished at Chernobyl following drone strike
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service has finally gained full control over a blaze that started February 14 after a drone struck the protective dome over the destroyed reactor from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant accident.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ANSTD
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Avila A
Session Chair:
Jeffrey C. King
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Richard H. Howard
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Preliminary Conceptual Design of a Heat Pipe Cooled Traveling Wave Reactor
Po Hu (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Kunfeng Ma (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.)
Presented by Zeyun Wu (VCU)
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Parallel Neutronic and Thermodynamic Modeling of Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rockets
Abraham Weinstein (NCSU), William Walters (Penn State)
Radiation Effects and Experimental Analysis on CMOS Image Sensors and Peripheral Circuits
Inyong Kwon (KAERI), Hosang Yoon (HCT), Hongjoon Park (HCT)
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