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.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference Spotlight
Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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
Jul 2025
Jan 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
August 2025
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
July 2025
Latest News
Hash Hashemian: Visionary leadership
As Dr. Hashem M. “Hash” Hashemian prepares to step into his term as President of the American Nuclear Society, he is clear that he wants to make the most of this unique moment.
A groundswell in public approval of nuclear is finding a home in growing governmental support that is backed by a tailwind of technological innovation. “Now is a good time to be in nuclear,” Hashemian said, as he explained the criticality of this moment and what he hoped to accomplish as president.
Oliver Schmitz
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 61 | Number 2 | February 2012 | Pages 402-410
Diagnostics | Proceedings of the Tenth Carolus Magnus Summer School on Plasma and Fusion Energy Physics | doi.org/10.13182/FST12-A13527
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Diagnosing the radial region around the last closed flux surface out to the plasma facing components is an important task as this interface determines the plasma wall interaction. In this lecture, spectroscopic techniques for measuring the radial profiles of electron density ne(r), electron and ion temperature Te(r) and Ti(r), plasma rotation and the radial electric field as well as the hydrogenic and impurity source distribution in front of the plasma facing components and the heat and particle fluxes to these components are introduced based on the example of the TEXTOR tokamak.