ANS and ANSI have published the following new standard, which is available for purchase in the ANS Store:
ANSI/ANS-8.7-2022, Nuclear Criticality Safety in the Storage of Fissile Materials (revision of ANSI/ANS-8.7-1998 [R2017])
ANS standard updated for determining meteorological information at nuclear facilities
Following approval in October from the American National Standards Institute, ANSI/ANS-3.11-2024, Determining Meteorological Information at Nuclear Facilities, was published in late November....
New nuclear criticality safety standard issued
ANSI/ANS-8.28-2024, Administrative Practices for the Use of Nondestructive Assay Measurements for Nuclear Criticality Safety, was issued on July 15 after receiving approval of the American...
The American Nuclear Society has added two new books to its publication catalog: Robert Busch’s Nuclear Criticality Safety: Evaluations, Calculations, and Experiences and Raymond J....
Bringing 2022 ANS Standards Committee successes into the new year
By all accounts, 2022 brought many successes for the American Nuclear Society’s Standards Committee, including the initiation of five projects, reaffirmation of 11 current standards, and...
Maintaining RIPB in commercial LWRs
ANS Standards Committee publishes new standard for light water reactor risk-informed, performance-based design
The new standard ANSI/ANS-30.3-2022, Light Water Reactor Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Design, has just been issued by the American Nuclear Society. Approved by the American National...
New standard available on thermal energy deposition rates
ANS and ANSI have published the following new standard, which is available for purchase in the ANS Store:ANSI/ANS-19.3.4-2022, The Determination of Thermal Energy Deposition Rates in Nuclear...
The Level 1 probabilistic risk assessment standard for nuclear power plant applications
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers/American Nuclear Society Joint Committee on Nuclear Risk Management (JCNRM) has issued a new edition of its flagship standard, ANSI/ASME/ANS...
New advanced LWR standard available from ANS
The American Nuclear Society has recently published a new standard: ANSI/ANS-30.3-2022, Light Water Reactor Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Design.The standard is available for purchase from...
Matthew Denman: On Probabilistic Risk Assessment
Probabilistic risk assessment is a systematic methodology for evaluating risks associated with a complex engineered technology such as nuclear energy. PRA risk is defined in terms of possible...
Post-Fukushima safety enhancements
ANS flooding and seismic consensus standards assist the NRC and DOE in buttressing nuclear facility safety policies
March 11 will mark the 10-year anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi event, when a 45-foot tsunami, caused by the 9.0-magnitude Great Tohoku Earthquake, significantly damaged the reactors...
