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
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
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
Jan 2025
Jul 2024
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
February 2025
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Ontario eyes new nuclear development
A 1,300-acre site left undeveloped on the shores of Lake Ontario four decades ago could see new life as the home to a large nuclear facility.
Kyeongmin Oh, Dowan Kim, Kisung Lim, Hyunchul Ju
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 76 | Number 4 | May 2020 | Pages 415-423
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2020.1712995
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
We present a three-dimensional (3-D) steam-methane-reforming (SMR) model consisting of a steam-reforming (SR) reactor, water gas shift reactor, preferential oxidation reactor, catalytic burner, heat exchangers, and balance of plant components. The mass and energy balance equations are derived considering the kinetic expressions of various SMR reactions and implemented in the commercial computational fluid dynamics software program Fluent by employing user-defined functions. The 3-D SMR model is then applied to a 10-kW SR reformer geometry and simulated for comparison with in-house experimental data. The simulation results and the experimental data show good agreement, and the model accurately captures the experimental exhaust gas compositions and the reactor outlet temperatures. The proposed 3-D simulation tool for predicting various transport and chemical processes is highly desirable from the viewpoint of design and optimization of full-scale SMR-based fuel processors.