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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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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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Arizona utilities trio looks to add nuclear power
The top three utilities in Arizona are teaming up to explore opportunities to add nuclear generation facilities in the state.
Arizona Public Service (APS), Salt River Project (SRP), and Tucson Electric Power (TEP) announced in a February 5 news release that they are working together to assess possible sites, including retiring coal plants. The group is looking at possibilities for both small modular reactors—units generating 300 MW or less—and potential large reactor projects, which could generate nearly five times the power.
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 10, 2021|10:10AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Douglas Osborn (Sandia)
Alternate Chair:
Vaibhav Yadav (INL)
Session Producer:
Nora Fitton
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Risk-Informed Access Delay Timeline Development
10:10–10:40AM EST
Douglas M. Osborn (Sandia), Dusty Brooks (Sandia), Andrew Thompson (Sandia)
Paper
Risk-Informed Approaches for Physical Security
10:40–11:10AM EST
Douglas M. Osborn (Sandia), Adam Williams (Sandia), Susan Caskey (Sandia), Andrew Clark (Sandia), Gregory Wyss (Sandia)
Methodology and Application of Physical Security Effectiveness Based on Dynamic Force-on-Force Modeling
11:10–11:40AM EST
Robby Christian (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Stephen Prescott (INL), Shawn St. Germain (INL)
Integrated Safety and Security Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants Using Dynamic Event Trees
11:40AM–12:10PM EST
Brian Cohn (The Ohio State Univ.), Tunc Aldemir (The Ohio State Univ.), Troy Haskin (Sandia), Todd Noel (Sandia), Jeffrey Cardoni (Sandia), Douglas Osborn (Sandia)
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