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
Jun 2025
Jan 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
August 2025
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
July 2025
Latest News
World Bank, IAEA partner to fund nuclear energy
The World Bank and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement last week to cooperate on the construction and financing of advanced nuclear projects in developing countries, marking the first partnership since the bank ended its ban on funding for nuclear energy projects.
B. J. Merrill, S. C. Jardin
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1278-1283
Result of Large Experiment and Plasma Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29517
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The release of cooling water from the divertor, first wall, or blanket cooling system into the vacuum chamber during plasma operation is a coolant ingress accident. Once inside the chamber, this coolant will enter the plasma, causing a density limit disruption. We have analyzed this accident for ITER with the DSTAR code. Two neutral transport treatments were used in studying this accident: a 1 1/2D diffusion approximation, and a 2D fluids solution; both gave comparable results. Our findings are that this event could increase the rate of plasma current decay during a disruption by two to three times that being proposed as an ITER reactor design guideline.