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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 Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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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Strontium: Supply-and-demand success for the DOE’s Isotope Program
The Department of Energy’s Isotope Program (DOE IP) announced last week that it would end its “active standby” capability for strontium-82 production about two decades after beginning production of the isotope for cardiac diagnostic imaging. The DOE IP is celebrating commercialization of the Sr-82 supply chain as “a success story for both industry and the DOE IP.” Now that the Sr-82 market is commercially viable, the DOE IP and its National Isotope Development Center can “reassign those dedicated radioisotope production capacities to other mission needs”—including Sr-89.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|PSA Analyses: Methods and Applications
Tuesday, July 18, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|300B
Session Chair:
Sai Zhang (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Session Organizer:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL)
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An International Survey on the Safety Assessment of Nuclear Installations for Combined External Hazards
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Attila Bareith (NUBIKI Nuclear Safety Research Institute), Tamas Siklossy (NUBIKI Nuclear Safety Research Institute), Marina Röwekamp (GRS), Gernot Thuma (GRS), John Nakoski (OECD NEA), Dana Havlin Nováková (State Office for Nuclear Safety)
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Identification, Screening, and Assessment of External Event-Induced Hazard Combinations
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Michelle Bensi (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Marina Röwekamp (GRS), Dennis W. Henneke (Consulting Engineer), M.K. Ravindra (Consultant), Ayhan Altinyollar (IAEA), Minkyu Kim (KAERI)
External Flood Guidance for Probabilistic Risk Assessment
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Marko Randelovic (EPRI), Ray Schneider (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kyle Hope (Westinghouse Electric Co.), John Fluehr (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Alan Hackerott (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Presented by Fernando Ferrante (EPRI)
Alternative Importance Measure for Seismic Probabilistic Risk Assessments
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Jeff Riley (EPRI), John Richards (EPRI), Lawrence Lee (Jensen Hughes), Meredith Blue (Jensen Hughes), Fernando Ferrante (EPRI)
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