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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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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Technical Session|Deterministic Transport Methods and Applications
Wednesday, April 30, 2025|10:00–11:40AM MDT|Lawrence A
Session Chair:
Ben Collins (Veracity Nuclear)
Alternate Chair:
Jean Ragusa (TAMU)
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Continuous-Energy Deterministic Neutron-Transport Calculation Method Featuring Full Energy-domain Coupling and Function Expansion
10:00–10:25AM MDT
Haopo Liu (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yunzhao Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Xiaoyu Wen (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Hongchun Wu (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Liangzhi Cao (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Wei Shen (Conexus Nuclear Inc.)
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OpenSn: A Massively Parallel, Open-Source Simulation Environment for Discrete-Ordinate Radiation Transport
10:25–10:50AM MDT
David Andrs (Sawtooth Simulations LLC), Pablo Garcia (TAMU), Zach Hardy (LANL), Daryl Hawkins (TAMU), Jim Morel (TAMU), Jean Ragusa (TAMU), Jason Rodriguez (TAMU)
Survey and Initial Results of Quantum Algorithms for Solving Neutronics Equations
10:50–11:15AM MDT
Lincoln A. Johnston (Univ. Michigan), Jeanie Y. Qi (Univ. Michigan), Brian C. Kiedrowski (Univ. Michigan)
QUANTRA: An Efficient Tool for Neutron Transport Calculations Using Quantum-Inspired and Traditional Approaches
11:15–11:40AM MDT
Mohamed Lahdour (Khalifa Univ.), Khurrum Saleem Chaudri (Khalifa Univ.), Mohammad Alrwashdeh (Khalifa Univ.), Saeed A. Alameri (Khalifa Univ.)
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