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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
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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NC State releases feasibility study for new research and test reactor
North Carolina State University has completed a feasibility study for its planned advanced research and test reactor. The $3 million study, which was undertaken by the university at the direction of the North Carolina General Assembly, is described in the full report, includes recommendations and projected costs and timelines.
Reactor type: NC State prefers the new reactor to be of “a multipurpose advanced sodium-cooled mixed/coupled spectrum design,” according to the report. Such a design would make the reactor “the only sodium-cooled fast research and test reactor in the country.”
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|10:00–11:50AM CDT|Madison Ballroom
Session Chair:
Michael J. Loughlin
Alternate Chair:
Iole Palermo
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Overview of GEOUNED Code
10:00–10:25AM CDT
J.P. Catalan (Univ. Nacional de Educacion a Distancia), P. Sauvan (UNED), J. Alguacil (UNED), F. Ogando (UNED), J. Sanz (UNED)
Paper
Verification of Design Support Neutronics Workflow
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Amanda Johnson (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Henry Boyd (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Ryanne Kennedy (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Initial Implementation of the D1S Methodology for Shutdown Dose Rate Calculations in the OpenMC Monte Carlo Particle Transport Code
10:50–11:10AM CDT
Paul K. Romano (ANL), Patrick C. Shriwise (ANL), Ethan E. Peterson (MIT)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees)
Facilitating Stellarator Power Plant Design with Parametric Modeling Capability
11:10–11:30AM CDT
Connor Moreno (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Edgar Pflug (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Joshua Smandych (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Eitan Weinstein (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Syn Hubbard (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Aaron Bader (Type One Energy), Paul Wilson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Summary and Recommendations of the Fusion-Focused 2024 Workshop for Applied Nuclear Data Activities (WANDA2024) and the Outlook of Nuclear Data for Fusion
11:30–11:50AM CDT
Keegan J. Kelly (LANL), Amy E. Lovell (LANL), Jesse M. Brown (ORNL), Todd A. Bredeweg (LANL), Michael Loughlin (ORNL), Dieter Liechtle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Jennifer Jo Ressler (LLNL), Laura Gustad (Missile Defense Agency), Paul Humrickhouse (ORNL), Sofia Quaglioni (LLNL), Stephanie Lyons (PNNL), Paul Romano (ANL), Paul Wilson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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