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ANS Standards Address the Design, Safety, and Operation of Nuclear Power Plants

The American Nuclear Society (ANS) is committed to the safe and beneficial use of nuclear science and technology. ANS standards provide engineers, researchers, operations personnel, and regulatory authorities with consistent criteria for evaluating and maintaining safe nuclear operations.

ANS engineering and design standards cover design basis accidents, materials specifications, site evaluation, and many other nuclear power-related topics. Whether your company is involved with the design of radiation shields, testing of nuclear plant instrumentation, or verification and validation of software there are ANS standards available to provide you with essential information.

Topics covered by ANS standards include:

  • design of criticality experiments
  • steady-state neutron reaction-rate distributions
  • seismic instrumentation
  • fuel handing systems
  • external-event probability risk assessments
  • safe shutdown of reactors
  • alarm systems

Purchase ANS standards from IHS in the format that best meets your company’s needs. ANS standards are available as online subscriptions or as individual documents.

Online Access to ANS Standards - Subscribers get secure online access to search, view, bookmark, track, and print documents according to the ANS license agreement. Online documents from ANS are updated daily. Multiple users can share a single license. You also get access to IHS Standards bibliographic data – more than 1 Million documents.

Individual ANS Standards Documents - IHS also sells individual AND documents through the IHS Store in electronic or hard copy formats. Be aware that statistics show that 1 out of every 5 people who purchase individual documents would benefit from an online subscription. You should consider a collection over individual document purchases if your company buys more than $3,000 in standards per year. A Subject Matter Expert from IHS can help you determine the best purchase option for your company.

ANS - Standards Support Application of Nuclear Technology Collection List
ANS - Standards Support Application of Nuclear Technology - Description

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