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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
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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Beyond conventional boundaries: Innovative construction technologies pave the way for advanced reactor deployment
In a bid to tackle the primary obstacle in nuclear deployment—construction costs—those in industry and government are moving away from traditional methods and embracing innovative construction technologies.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|8:00–9:45AM CDT|Michigan/Michigan State
Session Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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Calibration of DART Parameters for the Simulation of Fission Gas Bubble Behaviors in U-Mo Fuel
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Zhi-Gang Mei (ANL), Gyuchul Park (ANL), Bei Ye (ANL), ATM Jahid Hasan (NCSU), Benjamin W. Beeler (NCSU)
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AI-Driven Analysis of the Lithium Deuteride (LiD) Fission-Fusion Cycle
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Noah D'Amico (Texas Tech University), Sandeep Puri (Texas Tech University), Ian Jones (Texas Tech University), Andrew Gillespie (Texas Tech University), Cuikun Lin (Texas Tech University), Robert Duncan (Texas Tech University)
Insight into Irradiation Defect Production in Zirconium Using Machine-Learned Potentials
8:40–9:00AM CDT
Jose March-Rico (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Jonathan L. Wormald (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Volker Eyert (Materials Design, Inc.), David Reith (Materials Design, Inc.), Brendan M. Ensor (Naval Nuclear Laboratory - KAPL), Richard W. Smith (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
Comparative Analysis of Hopfield Neural Network Performance in Processing Pulsed Infrared Thermography Images of Additively Manufactured Metals
9:00–9:20AM CDT
ELENI S. AVLONITIS (ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO), XIN ZHANG (NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DIVISION, ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY), MILTIADIS ALAMANIOTIS (ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO), ALEXANDER HEIFETZ (NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DIVISION, ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY)
Benchmarking CNN Architectures for Enhanced Analysis of Pulsed Infrared Thermography Images of Additively Manufactured Metals for Nuclear Applications
9:20–9:40AM CDT
Derian Mowen (University of Texas at San Antonio), Xin Zhang (ANL), Miltos Alamaniotis (University of Texas at San Antonio), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
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