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
Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
Meeting Spotlight
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!
Latest Magazine Issues
Nov 2024
Jul 2024
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
December 2024
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
November 2024
Latest News
DOE opens funding opportunity for HALEU transport packages
The Department of Energy announced November 19 that up to $16 million is available through a new High-Assay Low-Enrichment Transportation Package funding opportunity to research, develop, and acquire Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing for transportation of HALEU—using new or modified packages.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MCD
Monday, November 18, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Biscayne 3
Session Chair:
Matthew Jessee (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Sebastian Schunert
Session Organizer:
Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
Resolving Temperature Feedback Anomalies in Monte Carlo Neutron Transport Codes
3:15–3:35PM EST
William Fritsch (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Gabriel Lentchner (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Noah Walton (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Robert Crowder (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ethan Wever (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin), Vlad Sobes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Paper
Variance Reduction and Population Control for Time-Dependent Neutron Transport
3:35–3:55PM EST
Jordan Northrop (Oregon State), Ilham Variansyah (Oregon State), Todd Palmer (Oregon State), Camille J. Palmer (Oregon State)
Criticality Calculations with Negative Angular Distributions in Monte Carlo Simulations
3:55–4:15PM EST
Parth Singh (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Hunter Belanger (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Hyperreduction for Neutron Transport
4:15–4:35PM EST
Quincy Huhn (TAMU), Suparno Bhattcharyya (TAMU), Jean Ragusa (TAMU)
Bell Function-Based Analytic Two-Region Slowing Down Method for Double Heterogeneous Problem
4:35–4:55PM EST
Hansol Park (ANL), Yeon Sang Jung (ANL), Changho Lee (ANL)
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.