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Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy
The mission of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Division (NNPD) is to promote the peaceful use of nuclear technology while simultaneously preventing the diversion and misuse of nuclear material and technology through appropriate safeguards and security, and promotion of nuclear nonproliferation policies. To achieve this mission, the objectives of the NNPD are to: Promote policy that discourages the proliferation of nuclear technology and material to inappropriate entities. Provide information to ANS members, the technical community at large, opinion leaders, and decision makers to improve their understanding of nuclear nonproliferation issues. Become a recognized technical resource on nuclear nonproliferation, safeguards, and security issues. Serve as the integration and coordination body for nuclear nonproliferation activities for the ANS. Work cooperatively with other ANS divisions to achieve these objective nonproliferation policies.
Meeting 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!
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Hinkley Point C gets over $6 billion in financing from Apollo
U.S.-based private capital group Apollo Global has committed £4.5 billion ($6.13 billion) in financing to EDF Energy, primarily to support the U.K.’s Hinkley Point C station. The move addresses funding needs left unmet since China General Nuclear Power Corporation—which originally planned to pay for one-third of the project—exited in 2023 amid U.K. government efforts to reduce Chinese involvement.
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Robert N. Hill
John C. Lee
Ray Gamino
Remy DeVoeJustin Knowles, Sekazi Mtingwa
George ShultzSidney Drell
J. Wesley HinesHan Gyu JooYutai KatohMark PetersShripad RevankarFausto FranceschiniAndrew KadakMartin Plys
University of Tennessee-Knoxville (Best Section)University of Wisconsin-Madison (Honorable Mention)University of Florida (Honorable Mention)
Tomasz Kozlowski
Margaret Harding
Jorge Spitalnik
Emory Collins
Small Local SectionsCarlsbad Local Section (Best Membership, Best Meetings and Programs, and Best Section Overall)Florida Local Section (Best Public Information)Northeastern New York Local Section (Best Section Management)Large Local SectionsIdaho Local Section (Best Section Overall)Washington, D.C. Local Section (Best Membership)Savannah River Local Section (Best Section Management and Best Public Information)San Diego Local Section (Best Meetings and Programs)
Hash Hashemian and training team at Analysis and Measurement Services CorporationJane LeClair
Gary Lynn JohnsonJohn M. O’Hara
Boopathy Kombaiah
Arthur T. Motta
UIUC Advanced Teaching Research Isotope General Atomic (TRIGA MARK II) Reactor
Clair Sullivan
Anil Kant Prinja
Adolf GarciaMimi LimbachPeter LyonsRaymond KlannKai VetterJack BrenizerKathryn McCarthySherry BernhoftRichard ReisterJason Remer
William Dunn
Bernadette Kirk
Lance Snead
John Kessler
George Apostolakis
Richard K. Lester
Jerry E. HicksDonald J. Wakefield
GraduateThe Ohio State University: Neutron Activated Fluoride Salt Test Loop at The Ohio State UniversityMax Chaiken, Andrew Clark, Brian Cohn, James Cutright, Michael Kurth, Richard ShawgerAdvisor: Prof. L. Raymond CaoUniversity of Michigan: Zero Knowledge Active Interrogation of Nuclear Warheads- Crystal GreenBrianne Heisinger, Kyle Kondrat, Matthew Krupcale, Jennifer NguyenAdvisor: Dr. Sara PozziUndergraduateUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison: Sodium-Cooled Integral Supercritical Carbon-dioxide Reactor (SCISCOR)Kazi Ahmed, Ian Jentz, Richard RollandAdvisor: Dr. John MurphyTexas A&M University: Production of Tc-99m from Accelerator Generated Mo-99 Utilizing a Photon-Neutron Interaction With Mo-100 TargetsMatthew Schaper, Eden Marroquin, Talal Harahsheh, Miltiadis Kennas, Yousif AlmaazmiAdvisor: Dr. Gamal Akabani
Mohamed S. El-Genk
Hiroshi AzechiJie Zhang
George Flanagan
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
Lee Rogers
Peter Lyons
Kord S. Smith
Nicolas Stauff
Brian K. Hajek