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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.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
Standards Program
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PNNL seeks high-energy neutrons from SpaceX launch of Polaris Dawn
When a SpaceX rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on September 10 (see video here), sending a crewed commercial mission into low Earth orbit, an experiment designed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory was onboard. Several high-purity metal samples will orbit Earth and absorb cosmic radiation for five days—including that from the Van Allen radiation belt—to help the lab answer questions about the radiation environment for manned space missions, according to a news release from PNNL.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by FCWMD, RPD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Jasmine G
Session Chair:
Kelsey Amundson
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Alternate Chair:
Jesse Brown
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Current Overview of Neutron Moderator Thermal Scattering Kernels for HALEU-Fueled Advanced Reactors
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Iyad I. Al-Qasir (ORNL), K. Lisa Reed (ORNL), W.J. Marshall (ORNL), Mathieu N. Dupont (ORNL), Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Walid A. Metwally (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
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Nuclear Data Sensitivity/Uncertainty Studies of Tantalum-Reflected Systems
1:20–1:40PM PDT
J. Hutchinson (LANL), R. Bulso (LANL), T. Cutler (LANL), N. Kleedtke (LANL), R. Little (LANL), I. Michaud (LANL), M. Rising (LANL)
Data Assimilation Using Deterministic Sampling Method to Selectively Reduce Uncertainty due to Thermal Neutron Scattering Law for Light Water
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Yoshinari Harada (Nagoya Univ.), Hibiki Yamaguchi (Nagoya Univ.), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.), Kenichi Tada (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Neutronics Study of HTR-10: Impact of Graphite Porosity Representation in ENDF/B-VIII.1 TSLs
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Kemal Ramic (ORNL), Iyad Al-Qasir (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), Anne Campbell (ORNL), Kyle B. Grammer (ORNL), Zain Karriem (ORNL), Jose Ignacio Marquez Damian (European Spallation Source ERIC), Mark Baird (ORNL), Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL), Luke Daemen (ORNL), Eric Novak (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL), Luiz Leal (ORNL), Germina Ilas (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Cross-Section Sensitivity Studies on Sodium-Cooled Fast Neutron Reactor Isotopes
2:20–2:30PM PDT
A.C. Hellinger (PNNL), C.E. Goodson (PNNL), S.M. Lyons (PNNL)
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