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
Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
Meeting Spotlight
2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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
Aug 2024
Jan 2024
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
October 2024
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
August 2024
Latest News
New laws offer nuclear industry incentives for existing power plant uprates
This year, the U.S. nuclear industry received a much-needed economic boost that could help preserve operating nuclear power plants and incentivize upgrades that extend their lifespan and power output.
Signed into law in 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act offers production tax credits (PTCs) for existing nuclear power plants and either PTCs or investment tax credits (ITCs) for new carbon-free generation. These credits could make power uprates—increasing the maximum power level at which a commercial plant may operate—a much more appealing option for utilities.
W. K. Ergen, A. D. Callihan, C. B. Mills, Dunlap Scott
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 2 | Number 6 | November 1957 | Pages 826-840
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE57-A35496
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The fluoride of a fissionable material dissolved in molten fluorides of other cations can serve as the fuel of a circulating-fuel nuclear reactor. These fluorides have a slowing-down power about one-half or one-fourth of the slowing-down power of dense graphite. The resonance escape probability depends strongly on the cation but is always less than that of carbon. The consequences of these properties for various reactor applications are discussed. Techniques for critical experiments for molten fluoride reactors have been developed, and the physics aspects of operation of the ARE have been analyzed. Operation of the ARE demonstrated that molten-fluoride reactors have strong negative temperature coefficients, mainly as a result of fuel expansion. The ARE was shown to be very stable and to be a slave to the power load. No Xe135 poisoning was found in the ARE, and the radioactivity of the fuel after removal from the reactor was less than it would have been if all fission fragments had been retained. The loss of delayed neutrons by fuel circulation modified the inhour equation but not the stability of the ARE.