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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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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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NRC okays construction permits for Hermes 2 test facility
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced yesterday that it has directed staff to issue construction permits to Kairos Power for the company's proposed Hermes 2 nonpower test reactor facility to be built at the Heritage Center Industrial Park in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The permits authorize Kairos to build a facility with two 35-MWt test reactors that would use molten salt to cool the reactor cores.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fusion Energy & Plasmas
Saturday, April 16, 2022|9:45–11:15AM CDT|Excellence Room
Sponsored by ANS Fusion Energy Division
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Design and Analysis of an Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Power Plant
Julian Kinney (Univ. Michigan), Benjamin Thompson (Univ. Michigan), Yifan Gui (Univ. Michigan), Elijah J. Wilson (Univ. Michigan)
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Optimization of Simplified Affordable, Robust, Compact Reactor Designs Through Coupled Multiphysics Modeling
Jack W. Fletcher (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Vittorio Badalassi (ORNL), Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Arpan Sircar (ORNL)
Timed Resolved Ion Energy Distribution Functions During a HiPIMS Discharge
Kira Martin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Zachary J. Jeckell (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for Plasma and Material Interaction), David Barlaz (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for Plasma and Material Interaction), Wolfgang Huber (Starfire Industries), David N. Ruzic (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for Plasma and Material Interaction)
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