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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 v. Texas: Supreme Court weighs challenge to NRC authority in spent fuel storage case
The State of Texas has not one but two ongoing federal court challenges to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that could, if successful, turn decades of NRC regulations, precedent, and case law on its head.
Technical Session
Tuesday, May 9, 2023|10:30AM–12:10PM MDT|Idaho Falls Room
Session Chair:
Jean-Pierre Fleurial
Alternate Chair:
Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Organizer:
Sebastian C. Corbisiero
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NASA's Radioisotope Power Systems Program: Status Update
10:30–10:50AM MDT
Carl E. Sandifer II (NASA Glenn Research Center), Colleen Van Lear (NASA Glenn Research Center), J. Michael Newman (NASA Glenn Research Center), Bethany Eppig (NASA Glenn Research Center), Ryan Edwards (NASA), Emily Hsu (Dept. of Energy), Sujita Pierpoint (Dept. of Energy)
Paper
Progress on Pu-238 Production at Idaho National Laboratory from February 2022 to December 2022
10:50–11:10AM MDT
Andrew Zillmer (INL), William Green (INL), Justin Lower (INL), Jill Mitchell (INL), Brittany Grayson (INL), Erik Rosvall (INL), Austen Fradeneck (INL), Joshua Fishler (INL), Ryan Marlow (INL), Mark Hill (INL)
The Next Generation Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Project -- Overview and Progress Status
11:10–11:30AM MDT
Todd A. Tofil (NASA Glenn Research Center), Thomas D. DeMichael (NASA Glenn Research Center), Jeffrey M. Woytach (NASA Glenn Research Center), Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jaymon Birch (INL), Shad Davis (INL)
Status of Dynamic Radioisotope Power System Development for NASA Missions
11:30–11:50AM MDT
Sal Oriti (NASA Glenn Research Center), Ernestina Wozniak (NASA Glenn Research Center), Max Yang (NASA Glenn Research Center)
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The European Radioisotope Power Systems Program: ENDURE -- European Devices Using Radioisotope Energy
11:50AM–12:10PM MDT
Richard M. Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester), Tim Tinsley (National Nuclear Laboratory), Alessandra Barco (Univ. Leicester), Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Emily Jane Watkinson (Univ. Leicester), Hannah Sargeant (Univ. Leicester), Chris Bicknell (Univ. Leicester), Tony Crawford (Univ. Leicester), Rebecca Sanderson (National Nuclear Laboratory), Jacob White (National Nuclear Laboratory), Mark Sarsfield (National Nuclear Laboratory), Nick Hanigan (National Nuclear Laboratory), Giorgio Magistrati (European Space Agency), Christophe Fongarland (European Space Agency), Markus Landgraf (European Space Agency), Kevin Simpson (European Thermodynamics), Richard Tuley (European Thermodynamics), Marie-Claire Perkinson (Airbus), Robert Hopton (Airbus), Frederic Lattwein (ArianeGroup), Daniel Freis (European Commission), Rudy J. M. Konings (European Commission), Piers Slater (Digital Reef)
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