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
September 2025
Nuclear Technology
August 2025
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Remembering ANS member Gil Brown
Brown
The nuclear community is mourning the loss of Gilbert Brown, who passed away on July 11 at the age of 77 following a battle with cancer.
Brown, an American Nuclear Society Fellow and an ANS member for nearly 50 years, joined the faculty at Lowell Technological Institute—now the University of Massachusetts–Lowell—in 1973 and remained there for the rest of his career. He eventually became director of the UMass Lowell nuclear engineering program. After his retirement, he remained an emeritus professor at the university.
R. P. Gardner, J. W. Dunn, III
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 15 | Number 3 | March 1963 | Pages 338-341
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE63-A26445
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A technique is described and demonstrated for the determination of volumetric flow rates in open streams which consists of introducing an inert tracer concentration as an undefined pulse, sampling the concentration at a point downstream, and analyzing the samples by activation analysis. This method does not involve the introduction of any radioactive material into the stream and yet still retains most of the high sensitivity and selectivity of radiotracer techniques.
