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Division Spotlight
Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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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X-energy, Dow apply to build an advanced reactor project in Texas
Dow and X-energy announced today that they have submitted a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a proposed advanced nuclear project in Seadrift, Texas. The project could begin construction later this decade, but only if Dow confirms “the ability to deliver the project while achieving its financial return targets.”
2022 International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference Speaker
Dr. Ammerman has been at Sandia for 34 years working in the area of radioactive material transportation safety. He is the chairperson for the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code committee that is responsible for design rules for radioactive material packages and the vice-chair for the committee responsible for the construction of these packages. He was the technical program chairperson for the PATRAM 2013 and PATRAM 2019 conferences. PATRAM is the triennial international conference on the packaging and transportation of radioactive material. Doug has published over 100 technical articles and reports devoted to the safety of radioactive material transportation, is the lead author on the latest NRC spent fuel transportation risk assessment, and is the technical lead for Sandia’s work in design, analysis, and testing of radioactive material packages. He is the technical leader for Sandia’s Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Grid Modernization Center, holding regular meetings with the senior technical staff and management regarding all aspects of the work being performed
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