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
Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences
The mission of the Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences (DES) Division is to promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the use of nuclear energy and the optimal management and stewardship of the environment, sustainable development, decommissioning, remediation, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear-related installations, and sites. The target audience for this effort is the membership of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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
Dec 2024
Jul 2024
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
January 2025
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Shinya Sakata et al.
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 2 | August 2011 | Pages 496-500
Plasma Engineering - Fueling and Diagnostics | Proceedings of the Nineteenth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST60-496
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
For a steady state operation of JT-60SA, a plasma feedback control using various diagnostic sensor signals plays an essential role. To realize this, Real-Time Diagnostic Signals acquisition System, RTDS, which utilizes PC-based real-time OS “INtime”, has been under consideration toward JT-60SA project.Real-Time Processor, RTP in JT-60 data processing system, which utilized a WS-based computer with real-time UNIX, was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain, manage, and improve due to the aging of the system and the limited capability of the CPU.To solve these problems and assess the feasibility of introducing clustered architecture, a prototype had been developed with the existing RTP and a VxWorks computer at hand. Its effectiveness as the architecture of the next RTDS was verified on JT-60U experiments, but the actual RTDS will employ PC-based “INtime” system, which consist of a general-purpose personal computer and a real-time operating system “INtime”.Moreover, long-pulse experiments of more than 400s will be planned in JT-60SA project. Therefore, real time monitoring will be required as an essential function that displays acquired diagnostic signals in real-time during long-pulse experiment. This function will also be realized by utilizing the RTDS.
