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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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Former NRC commissioners lend support to efforts to eliminate mandatory hearings
A group of nine former nuclear regulatory commissioners sent a letter Wednesday to the current Nuclear Regulatory Commission members lending support to efforts to get rid of mandatory hearings in the licensing process, which should speed up the process by three to six months and save millions of dollars.
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Monday, November 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Sonoran 2
Session Chair:
Vaibhav Yadav
Alternate Chair:
Vivek Agarwal
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How Digital Twins may be used in Design and Operations
1:00–1:20PM MST
M.D. Muhlheim (ORNL), P. Ramuhalli (ORNL), A. Huning (ORNL), A. Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL), A. Saxena (GE Research), R.T. Wood (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Regulatory Requirements, Guidance, and Review of Digital Twins
1:20–1:40PM MST
Laboratory Demonstration of Structural Digital Twin Use Cases for Nuclear Construction
1:40–2:00PM MST
Lauren J. Thomas (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Timothy P. Kernicky (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Youngjin Park (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Matthew J. Whelan (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Hasan Charkas (EPRI)
Digital Twins for Monitoring Construction Quality
2:00–2:20PM MST
Robert W. Cox (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Timothy Kernicky (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Milind Khire (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Matthew Whelan (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Youngjin Park (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Hasan Charkas (EPRI), Amit Varma (Purdue), Juswald Vedovi (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
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