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
Robotics & Remote Systems
The Mission of the Robotics and Remote Systems Division is to promote the development and application of immersive simulation, robotics, and remote systems for hazardous environments for the purpose of reducing hazardous exposure to individuals, reducing environmental hazards and reducing the cost of performing work.
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.
Yu Gu, Mengqi Fan, Tengfei Cao, Yuanzhe Zhao, Xiaodan Zhang
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 78 | Number 4 | May 2022 | Pages 318-329
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2021.2009733
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
In order to meet the needs of pulse experiments in different environments, a remote control and visualization system (RCVS) is designed and implemented based on the conceptual design of COntrol, Data Access and Communication (CODAC). RCVS works on the web server and adopts the website deployment mode of LAMP (Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP/Python) and the working mode of B/S architecture. It includes a remote data acquisition module, a remote real-time visualization module, a monitoring module, and a remote data access module. In the first one, to avoid system deadlock and other problems caused by concurrent operations between local and remote users and concurrent scheduling conflicts between remote users, we have improved the previous solution and adopted the Deterministic Finite Automaton (DFA) and the Two-Phase Locking (2PL) protocol to unify the state of RCVS and that of the overall system and to ensure the serializability of concurrent operations. With regard to real-time data visualization, RCVS adopts the technology of server push to obtain the needed data to minimize the pressure on the server and shun some problems such as server paralysis caused by network congestion in the case of large-scale concurrent request. In addition, RCVS provides a monitoring method based on a heartbeat mechanism and an Application Programming Interface (API) of the web end of the MDSplus database for system status monitoring and remote data retrieval and analysis. Moreover, thanks to the responsive design and the deployment model of B/S architecture, the system can be accessed on any terminal device. This system as part of the overall experimental system will be integrated into the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) neutral beam injection master control system in the future and provide services of remote control and visualization for its long-pulse experiments.