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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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NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, June 14, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EDT|Marriott 4
Session Chair:
Ben Cipiti (Sandia)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Michael S. Smith
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Assessing UN Neutronic and Fuel Performance for Extended Cycle Lengths
8:00–8:20AM EDT
Mehdi Asgari (ORNL), Jake Hirschhorn (ORNL), Eva Davidson (ORNL), Dave Kropaczek (ORNL), Andrew Godfrey (ORNL), Ryan Sweet (ORNL), James Tusar (Constellation), Moussa Mahgerefteh (Constellation), Baris Sarikaya (Constellation), William Gassmann (Constellation), Dale Bradish (Constellation)
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Excess Criticality Mitigation for Pebble Bed Reactor Fuels by Employing Burnup Credit
8:20–8:40AM EDT
Jonathan Wing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Gordon M. Petersen (INL), Robert A. Joseph (INL)
Sodium Extraction from Full-Length Fermi-1 Blanket Assembly
8:40–9:00AM EDT
B.D. Preussner (INL), S. D. Herrmann (INL), R. C. Campbell (INL), T. DiSanto (INL), J. A. Charboneau (INL), I. M. Hobbs (INL)
Minor Actinide Fueled Chloride Salt Reactor: Economics, Neutronics, and Safety
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Matthew Nyberg (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Joseph Eickman (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Una Baker (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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