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Division Spotlight
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.
Meeting Spotlight
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
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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Dragonfly, a Pu-fueled drone heading to Titan, gets key NASA approval
Curiosity landed on Mars sporting a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) in 2012, and a second NASA rover, Perseverance, landed in 2021. Both are still rolling across the red planet in the name of science. Another exploratory craft with a similar plutonium-238–fueled RTG but a very different mission—to fly between multiple test sites on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon—recently got one step closer to deployment.
On April 25, NASA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) announced that the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s icy moon passed its critical design review. “Passing this mission milestone means that Dragonfly’s mission design, fabrication, integration, and test plans are all approved, and the mission can now turn its attention to the construction of the spacecraft itself,” according to NASA.
7:00 AM- 4:00 PM
Trinity Site Tour
Trinity Site
Los Alamos National Lab Tour
Los Alamos National Lab
7:00 AM-4:30 PM
Sandia National Lab Tour
Sandia National Laboratory
8:00-11:00 AM
Criticality Safety Workshop
Acoma AB (Student Union Building)
9:00-11:00 AM
Resume Workshop
Santa Ana AB (Student Union Building)
9:00 -11:00 AM
Campus Tour
9:00 AM- 12:00 PM
Karios Power Tour
Kairos Power
Registration/Help Desk Open
Student Union Building Ballroom Atrium
1:00-3:00 PM
Sobremesa Brewery Tour
Sobremesa Restaurant
1:00-4:00 PM
OpenMC Workshop
Data Science Workshop in Python
6:00-8:00 PM
Opening Banquet
Ballroom ABC (Student Union Building)
8:00-9:00 PM
The Laboratory for Advanced Reactor Engineering and Safety Tour
LARE Laboratory
The Characterization and Irradiation of Surfaces and materials for Nuclear Applications Laboratory Tour
CHARISMA Laboratory
Extreme Materials Groups Laboratory Tour
8:00-10:00 PM
On-Campus Social (Trivia and Game Night)
Farris Engineering Center
6:30-8:30 AM
Breakfast
Chaco & Bandalier (Sheraton ALBQ. Airport Hotel)
8:00 AM-4:00 PM
9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Career Fair
Ballroom AB (Student Union Building)
9:00 AM - 1:10 PM
Poster Session
Ballroom C (Student Union Building)
9:00-10:20 AM
Fusion Panel
Lobo AB (Student Union Building)
Technical Sessions
Level 3 (Student Union Building)
10:30-11:50 AM
Graduate School Panel
12:00-1:10 PM
Walk Around Lunch
Student Sections Committee Luncheon Meeting
1:10-2:30 PM
Nuclear Medicine Panel
2:40-4:00 PM
Surprise Panel
6:00-9:00 PM
Networking Social and Dinner
ABQ BioPark
6:30 - 8:30 AM
Nuclear Waste Panel
Tijeras
Sheraton Rm.
10:35-11:55 AM
Nuclear Policy Panel
12:00-1:30 PM
Consent Based Siting Consortium Lunch n' Learn
Building Bridges Lunch
Chaco & Bandalier
1:40-3:00 PM
Conference Bid Panel
Career Fair Interviews
3:15-4:35 PM
Liquid Metal Panel
6:00-9:30 PM
Closing Banquet
National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
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