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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
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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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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) 2020 Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Yuhu Zhai (PPPL)
Staff Producer:
Janice Lindegard (American Nuclear Society)
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Presentation Video (Visible to Attendees) — Recent Progress on No Insulation HTS Coil Technology
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Concept design and analysis of the magnet system of the sustained high power density tokamak facility
J Menard (Princeton plasma Physics Laboratory), A Brooks, Y. Zhai, P. Titus, T. Brown, Chirag Rana (PPPL)
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FNSF Structural Sizing Studies
Peter Titus (PPPL)
Recent progress in no-insulation high temperature superconducting magnet technology
David Larbalestier, Seungyong Hahn (Seoul National University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Development of high-current density HTS magnet for the helical fusion reactor and the next-generation helical device
Kazuya Takahata, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Shinji Hamaguchi, Hitoshi Tamura, Satoshi Ito, Yoshiro Narushima, Naoki Hirano, Yuta Onodera, Junichi Miyazawa, Shinnosuke Matsunaga, Toshiyuki Mito, Nagato Yanagi (NIFS)
Fusion magnet qualification of the NSTX-U inner TF bundle using high fidelity models
Yuhu Zhai (PPPL), Richard Hawryluk, Charles Neumeyer, Thomas Willard
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