Advanced Reactors

American Nuclear Society applauds Google's and Amazon's investments in nuclear

ANS CEO Craig Piercy welcomes tech industry's plans to build nuclear energy projects

October 16, 2024, 10:23AMPress Releases

Washington, D.C. — Craig Piercy, CEO of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), issued the following statement:

"The American Nuclear Society applauds the announced partnerships between Google and Kairos Power and by Amazon and X-energy. Together, these deals will add at least 820 megawatts of zero carbon electricity to the U.S. energy supply. This is a major step toward securing the commercial deployment of advanced nuclear technologies that will make the world a cleaner and more prosperous place."

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Nonproliferation

American Nuclear Society response to Science article, “The weapons potential of high-assay low-enriched uranium” by Kemp et al.

ANS open letter to Science magazine challenging claims about HALEU

September 3, 2024, 8:04AMANS News

September 3, 2024

Dr. Holden Thorp

Editor-in-Chief, Science

Subject: Science magazine Policy Forum article “The weapons potential of high-assay low-enriched uranium” published June 2024

Dear Dr. Thorp:

The American Nuclear Society—a professional nuclear science and technology society representing more than 10,000 members worldwide—writes this open letter to address concerns regarding Science magazine’s June 2024 Policy Forum article, entitled “The weapons potential of high-assay low-enriched uranium” by R. Scott Kemp, Edwin S. Lyman, Mark R. Deinert, Richard L. Garwin, and Frank N. von Hippel.

The article describes the potential misuse of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU)1. We acknowledge the importance of this discussion and the necessity of continually evaluating the proliferation risks associated with nuclear materials. However, after extensive technical review of the article by members and officers of the ANS Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division and the ANS Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Division, we remain unconvinced of the positions advocated by the authors.

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Education

Purdue–Duke Energy launch lecture series on advanced nuclear technology

June 29, 2022, 12:04PMANS Nuclear Cafe

A new lecture series launched by Purdue University and Duke Energy is designed to educate the public about small modular reactors and other advances in nuclear energy. The series stems from an ongoing comprehensive joint study by Purdue and Duke, announced in April, which is investigating the feasibility of using SMRs to meet the campus’s energy needs.

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