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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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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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MURR expansion set back by Mo. state legislature
Spirits were high last month when a ribbon cutting was held at the University of Missouri for a $20 million, three-story, 47,000-square-foot addition, dubbed MURR West, to the MURR research reactor facilities.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RRSD
Thursday, June 11, 2020|10:00–11:45AM EDT
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Leonel E. Lagos
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John D. Bess
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Kathryn Murdoch (American Nuclear Society)
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Application of Motion Primitives to Train Robotic Behaviors for Nuclear Facility D&D
Young Soo Park (ANL), Jonathan Bayert (ANL), Dongjune Chang (ANL), Sungmoon Joo (KAERI), Jonghwan Lee (KAERI)
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A Drone-Based Automated Radiation Surveillance System
Abdulrahman M. Riyadha (Univ. of Sharjah), Ahmad M. Elshoubaky (Univ. of Sharjah), Jamil A. Rihani (Univ. of Sharjah), Mohammad A. Al-Shabi (Univ. of Sharjah), Walid A. Metwally (Univ. of Sharjah), Bassam A. Khuwaileh (Univ. of Sharjah)
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