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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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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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Remembering Joseph M. Hendrie
Joseph M. Hendrie
To those of us who knew Joe, even prior to his appointment as chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, it is an understatement to say that he was a larger-than-life member of the nuclear science and technology enterprise. He was best known to the broader community for two major accomplishments: the design and construction of the High Flux Beam Reactor (HFBR) at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the creation of the standard review plan (SRP) for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
In addition to the products of these endeavors becoming major fundaments to their respective communities, they were uniquely Joe. The safety analysis report for the HFBR was written essentially single-handedly by him. This was true of the SRP as well, which became the key safety review document for the NRC as it performed safety reviews for the growing number of power reactor applications in the United States. His deep technical knowledge of nuclear engineering and his extraordinary management skills made this possible.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) 2020 Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair:
Trey Gebhardt (ORNL)
Staff Producer:
Mary Tong (American Nuclear Society)
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Highlights of the fusion, plasma and technology community planning process
Lauren M. Garrison (ORNL), Wayne Solomon, Earl Scime, John S. Sarff, Carolyn Kuranz, Nathan Howard, Nathaniel Ferraro, Scott D. Baalrud
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Configuration studies for a fusion innovation integrated experiment
Chirag Rana (PPPL), Peter Titus (PPPL), Yuhu Zhai (PPPL), Richard Majeski (PPPL), Brian Grierson (PPPL), Thomas Brown (PPPL), Jonathan Menard (PPPL)
Design of experimental reactors for advanced nuclear fusion
Samuele Meschini (Politecnico di Torino), Massimo Zucchetti (Politecnico Di Torino)
Compactness of Fusion Nuclear Devices
Yuhu Zhai, Mark Tillack, Peter Titus, Timothy Bohm, Charles Kessel (ORNL)
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