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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 Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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Don’t get boxed in: Entergy CNO Kimberly Cook-Nelson shares her journey
Kimberly Cook-Nelson
For Kimberly Cook-Nelson, the path to the nuclear industry started with a couple of refrigerator boxes and cellophane paper. Her sixth-grade science project was inspired by her father, who worked at Seabrook power station in New Hampshire as a nuclear operator.
“I had two big refrigerator boxes I taped together. I cut the ‘primary operating system’ and the ‘secondary system’ out of them. Then I used different colored cellophane paper to show the pressurized water system versus the steam versus the cold cooling water,” Cook-Nelson said. “My dad got me those little replica pellets that I could pass out to people as they were going by at my science fair.”
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Redondo
Session Chair:
Subash Sharma (UMass Lowell)
Alternate Chair:
Trevor Howard (Oregon State)
Session Organizers:
Matthew D. Zimmer (Naval Nuclear Lab)
Xu Wu (NCSU)
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CFD Analysis of the Sodium-Water Reaction in the Minichannel of PCSG Designed for SFR
Taewoo Kim (Korea Univ. Science and Technology), Hyun-Sik Park (KAERI), Sang Ji Kim (KAERI)
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A Multiphysics Framework Using High Resolution DNS to Optimize Conditions for Plasma Formation
Naveen Pillai (NCSU), Nicholas L. Sponsel (NCSU), Katharina Stapelmann (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
A Conceptual Study of Air Curtain on the Reactor Vessel Auxiliary Cooling System
Jaejin Choi (KAIST), Yong Hoon Jeong (KAIST)
Development of Integrated Safety Analysis Code with Capability of Detailed Simulation for Multiple Fuel Rods
Yunseok Lee (Incheon National Univ.), Jaeseung Suh (SenTech Co.), Taewan Kim (Incheon National Univ.)
LES of Natural Convection Along the Vertical Wall Applied for the Scale of Small Modular Reactor ( Ra*≈10^19)
Songzhi Yang (CEA), Ulrich Bieder (CEA)
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