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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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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD|Cosponsored by THD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Lincolnshire 1/2
Session Chair:
Erik H. Wilson
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Lin-Wen Hu
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Progress Toward the Low Enrichment Uranium Fuel Conversion of the MIT Research Reactor
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Lin-Wen Hu (MIT), V. Mascolino (ANL), S. Yang (ANL), K. Anderson (ANL), A. S. Hebden (ANL), E. Wilson (ANL)
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Flow Testing for Hydraulic Performance Evaluation of USHPRR LEU Conversion
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Guanyi Wang (ANL), Cezary Bojanowski (ANL), Aaron Weiss (Oregon State), Alexander Westerberg (Oregon State), Andrew Hebden (ANL), Firat Cetinbas (ANL), Walid Mohamed (ANL), Wade Marcum (Oregon State), Erik Wilson (ANL)
Estimating Heat Generation and Energy Deposition in Low-Enriched Uranium Foil Targets
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Kyoung Lee (ORNL), David Chandler (ORNL), Nolan Goth (ORNL), Jim Nash (ORNL)
Preliminary Comparison of Depletion Solver Methods for MITR-II Fuel Management Codes
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Emilio Ahuactzin-Garcia (MIT), Kyle E. Anderson (ANL), Valerio Mascolino (ANL), Lin-Wen Hu (MIT), Erik H. Wilson (ANL)
A Progress Update on the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) LEU Conversion to a Monolithic Alloy of U 10Mo under NNSA's USHPRR Project
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Maria Pinilla (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), Austin J. Schnieders (Missouri S&T), Caleb Braun (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), Cezary Bojanowski (ANL), Firat Cetinbas (ANL), Guanyi Wang (ANL), Dhongik S. Yoon (ANL), David Jaluvka (ANL), Earl Feldman (ANL), John A. Stillman (ANL), Andrew Hebden (ANL), Walid Mohamed (ANL), Erik H. Wilson (ANL)
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