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Division Spotlight
Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
Meeting Spotlight
ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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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Nuclear Science and Engineering
May 2025
Nuclear Technology
April 2025
Fusion Science and Technology
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General Kenneth Nichols and the Manhattan Project
Nichols
The Oak Ridger has published the latest in a series of articles about General Kenneth D. Nichols, the Manhattan Project, and the 1954 Atomic Energy Act. The series has been produced by Nichols’ grandniece Barbara Rogers Scollin and Oak Ridge (Tenn.) city historian David Ray Smith. Gen. Nichols (1907–2000) was the district engineer for the Manhattan Engineer District during the Manhattan Project.
As Smith and Scollin explain, Nichols “had supervision of the research and development connected with, and the design, construction, and operation of, all plants required to produce plutonium-239 and uranium-235, including the construction of the towns of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Richland, Washington. The responsibility of his position was massive as he oversaw a workforce of both military and civilian personnel of approximately 125,000; his Oak Ridge office became the center of the wartime atomic energy’s activities.”
April 27–30, 2025
Elevating Peak Performance
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
Nestled at the gateway to the Rocky Mountain National Park, the M&C 2025 host city, Denver, Colorado, is known for its breathtaking mountain scenery, world-class museums, vibrant and diverse culture, and its unparalleled craft breweries. We hope you can join us in this beautiful setting to enjoy a technical program full of cutting-edge research.
The International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025) is part of a series of topical meetings organized by the Mathematics and Computation Division of the American Nuclear Society. M&C conferences, held every two years, represent a series of international forums organized and sponsored to bring together worldwide expertise related to nuclear science or technology, including mathematical and computational methods, numerical analysis, computer codes, computer architectures, and benchmarks for computationally solving problems in all disciplines encompassed by the Society.
Piero RavettoPolitecnico di Torino
Dr. Alireza HaghighatVirginia Tech
You are invited to submit your work for a special issue of the ANS journal Nuclear Science and Engineering. Click the + for more information.
M&C 2025 call for journal papers
M&C 2025 has partnered with the ANS journal Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) to publish a special issue of papers derived from the conference.
**Submission window: open now with a deadline of July 30, 2025.
Details:
Click here to submit. Please select “M&C 2025” from the list of special issues.
Questions? Email nse@ans.org.
Thank you again for attending M&C 2025, and we hope you participate in this special issue opportunity!
Our very best,
Dr. Christopher PerfettiM&C 2025 General Chair
Dr. Farzad RahnemaEditor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
Calling all students to submit papers to the 2025 M&C Conference in Denver! Papers for which the Primary Author is a student are eligible for a cash prize. You are considered a student if you were enrolled as a student while the work was completed and are giving the presentation as a current student or within 12 months of completing your degree. Please consider submitting a student paper and identifying it as such in the paper submission system. See you in Denver!
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