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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 Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Framatome signs contracts with Sizewell C
French nuclear developer Framatome is slated to deliver key equipment for Sizewell C Ltd.’s two large reactors planned for the United Kingdom’s Suffolk coast.
The agreement, reportedly worth multiple billions of euros, was announced this week and will involve Framatome from the design phase until commissioning. The company also agreed to a long-term fuel supply deal. Framatome is 80.5 percent owned by France’s EDF and 19.5 percent owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Monday, June 8, 2020|1:00–3:10PM EDT
Session Chair:
John D. Bess
Alternate Chair:
William M. Cook
Session Organizer:
Vladimir Sobes
Staff Producer:
Eileen Cullen (American Nuclear Society)
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NCS Design and Evaluation of New High-density Storage Containers
Amber McCarthy (Consolidated Nuclear Security)
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ANSI/ANS-8.7 Applications for the Storage of Criticality Control Overpacks
Brittany M. Williamson (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)
A Parametric Study of Uranium Sensitivity in an Aqueous Separations Simulation
Tracy Stover (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC), Camden Blake (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
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