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Division Spotlight
Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
Meeting Spotlight
ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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!
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Nuclear Science and Engineering
April 2025
Nuclear Technology
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Latest News
Fires extinguished at Chernobyl following drone strike
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service has finally gained full control over a blaze that started February 14 after a drone struck the protective dome over the destroyed reactor from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant accident.
ANS STEM Academy Educator Training
March 2, 2023|5:00–6:00PM (6:00–7:00PM EST)
Available to All Users
The American Nuclear Society presented this free webinar on nuclear science lab activities developed specifically for K-12 educators. Candace Davison, ANS educator training specialist, demonstrated creating and using cloud chambers to allow students to see the unseen. Learn the tips and tricks for success with this exciting lab activity.
About Candace Davison
Candace Davison has been a STEM educator for more than 30 years, including at Penn State University, where she was most recently Assistant Director for Education and Outreach and Coordinator of the Gamma Irradiation facility at the Penn State Radiation Science and Engineering Center. She was the first woman to be licensed as a Senior Reactor Operator on the university’s TRIGA Mark III Reactor.
Davison joined Penn State in the Energy Technology Projects group in the Nuclear Engineering Department, where she developed programs and presentations on energy, nuclear technology, radon gas, and radioactive waste. She began developing teacher training programs a few years after arriving at Penn State, when she became the director of the Penn State Nuclear Concepts and Technological Issues Institute. Davison has conducted numerous courses and workshops for professionals, educators and students of all ages through volunteer activity with many organizations, including the American Nuclear Society (ANS).
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Eric Loewen, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
