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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
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Lightbridge announces first U-Zr fuel rod samples extruded at INL
Lightbridge Corporation announced today that it has reached “a critical milestone” in the development of its extruded solid fuel technology. Coupon samples using an alloy of zirconium and depleted uranium—not the high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) that Lightbridge plans to use to manufacture its fuel for the commercial market—were extruded at Idaho National Laboratory’s Materials and Fuels Complex.
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1:00–2:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Stephanie Pitts|Alternate Chair: Thomas Steele
Session Organizer: Edward Chen
Session Chair: Michelle King|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
3:00–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Brooke Bates|Alternate Chairs: Ishita Trivedi, Greg Meinweiser
Session Chair: Audrey Glenn|Alternate Chair: Ruth Flemming
Session Chair: Chris Breed|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
11:00AM–12:30PM EDT
Session Chair: Matthew Denman|Alternate Chair: Margaret Ellenson
Session Chair: Chris Forrest|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
12:30–1:30PM EDT
Session Chair: Adam Flora|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Laura Jamison|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Madalynn Miller|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
4:30–5:30PM EDT
Session Chair: Leslie Douglas|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Edward Chen|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
11:00AM–12:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Julie Jacobson|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
12:00–1:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Tim Thompson|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Elizabeth Van Doren|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Sydney Bolton|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
3:30–4:30PM EDT
Session Chair: Virinder Sandhu|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi