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
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin talks the future of nuclear
In a recent interview on New York radio station 77 WABC, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Lee Zeldin talked with host John Catsimatidis about the near-term future of the domestic nuclear industry and the role the EPA will play in the sector.
Catsimatidis kicked off the interview by asking if the U.S. will be able to reach total energy independence. Zeldin responded by saying that decreasing energy dependence on other countries, especially adversaries, was a top priority for him and the Trump administration.
Howard A. Tewes
Nuclear Technology | Volume 7 | Number 3 | September 1969 | Pages 232-242
Nuclear Explosive | doi.org/10.13182/NT69-A28604
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Project Cabriolet, a nuclear detonation in hard, dry (volcanic) rock, was executed as a part of the Plowshare Program for development of nuclear excavation techniques. The primary objectives of this experiment were: (a) to obtain experimental data on crater development and size in order to verify recently developed rock-mechanics computer codes and calculational techniques; and (b) to study the distribution of the radioactivity produced by the detonation in order to enhance the understanding of how the shot environment may affect this distribution. As was observed in the Danny Boy experiment, a relatively small amount of radioactivity was released to the environment from this detonation in hard, dry rock. Less than the equivalent of fission products from 10 tons of fission were distributed in both fallout and cloud from the Cabriolet experiment. As more data are reduced, a better description of the chemical fractionation associated with this released radioactivity will be possible.