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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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Nuclear fuel cycle reimagined: Powering the next frontiers from nuclear waste
In the fall of 2023, a small Zeno Power team accomplished a major feat: they demonstrated the first strontium-90 heat source in decades—and the first-ever by a commercial company.
Zeno Power worked with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to fabricate and validate this Z1 heat source design at the lab’s Radiochemical Processing Laboratory. The Z1 demonstration heralded renewed interest in developing radioisotope power system (RPS) technology. In early 2025, the heat source was disassembled, and the Sr-90 was returned to the U.S. Department of Energy for continued use.
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Session Chair: Ronald L. Boring
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair: Torrey Mortenson
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|2:15–4:00PM EDT
Panel|Session Chair: Jacob Houser
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|4:30–6:15PM EDT
Panel|Session Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Panel|Session Chair: Ryan S. Flamand
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|2:15–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Casey Kovesdi
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|4:30–6:15PM EDT
Panel|Session Chair: Raymond L. Herb
Thursday, June 17, 2021|10:00–11:45AM EDT
Session Chair: Paula Savioja
Thursday, June 17, 2021|12:15–2:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Josh Daw
Session Chair: Brenden Heidrich
Session Chair: Michael Muhlheim
Panel|Session Chair: Brent D. Shumaker
Panel|Session Chair: Chad J. Kiger
Session Chair: Zachary Spielman
Session Chair: Cody Walker
Session Chair: Carol Smidts
Session Chair: Derek Halverson
Session Chair: Paul Hunton
Session Chair: Fan Zhang
Panel|Session Chair: M. N. Ericson
Panel|Session Chair: Sacit M. Cetiner
Session Chair: Ahmad Al Rashdan
Session Chair: Graeme M. West
Session Chair: Nesrin Cetiner
Session Chair: Janos Eiler
Session Chair: Rodney Busquim
Session Chair: Miltiadis Alamaniotis
Session Chair: Tunc Aldemir
Session Chair: Ted Quinn
Session Chair: Gyunyoung Heo
Session Chair: Padhraic L. Mulligan
Panel|Session Chair: Jason Remer
Session Chair: Brent Shumaker
Session Chair: Michael T. Rowland
Session Chair: Adam Deatherage
Session Chair: Katya Le Blanc
Panel|Session Chair: Alexander H. Hashemian
Session Chair: Zhouxiang Fei
Session Chair: Markus Porthin
Panel|Session Chair: MIke Waters
Session Chair: Jacob Farber
