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
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.
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!
Latest Magazine Issues
Apr 2025
Jan 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
May 2025
Nuclear Technology
April 2025
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
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.”
Technical Session|Radiation Protection and Medical Physics
Friday, April 5, 2024|3:15–4:35PM EDT|Engineering Design and Innovation Building Room 326
Session Chair:
Aamer A. Bashir (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Brad Nethercutt (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
Anomaly Detection in Background Radiation Data Using Machine Learning
3:15–3:35PM EDT
Brison A. Cowan (Oregon State)
Paper
Design Concept of a Modular Radiological Containment (MRC) System
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Eric A. Franklin (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Cameron J. Ashley (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Nicolas Myers (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Quantitative Analysis of Robustness in Standard VMAT and 3D CRT VMAT Hybrid Planning: A Comparative Study
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Daniel G. Dos Santos (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Brett Miller (Univ. Tennessee Medical Center Cancer Institute), Jamie Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Characterization of InGaP and InGaP/InGaAs/Ge Alpha-Voltaic Cells in a Pelletron Accelerator
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Ryan A. Brockington (U.S. Military Academy), Hughes Deschner (U.S. Military Academy), Jonathan Clements (U.S. Military Academy), Kaylee Hahn (U.S. Military Academy), Roger Yerger (U.S. Military Academy)
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
