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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 Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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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New edition of IAEA’s Climate Change and Nuclear Power available
The 2024 edition of Climate Change and Nuclear Power has been released by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The 99-page report focuses on the need for a significant increase in investment to achieve goals for expanding nuclear power.
The report: According to the IAEA, the report delves into the financing of nuclear projects as ambitious climate targets draw nearer. It also explores the imperative for financial frameworks to help nuclear energy become a cornerstone of global decarbonization efforts and highlights the challenges and best practices in financing nuclear projects.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Monday, November 14, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Sonoran 7
Session Chair:
Jason Hou (NCSU)
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni (UC Berkeley)
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Open-Source Computational Model of a Molten Chloride Fast Reactor
3:15–3:35PM MST
Harrison Reisinger (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), C. Erika Moss (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nathaniel Howard (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Maxwell Wagner (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Peyton Mann (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Molten Salt Reactor Modeling in SCALE: Effects of Multigroup Libraries on Depletion Analysis
3:35–3:55PM MST
Christopher E. Bayne (Georgia Tech), Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Tech)
MSR Reactivity, Power, and Inventory Simulations with SCALE
3:55–4:15PM MST
Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Austin Lo (ORNL), Benjamin R. Betzler (ORNL), Donny Hartanto (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Parametric Study of the Thorium-Based Molten Salt Reactor Core
4:15–4:35PM MST
Seda Yilmaz Kaygisiz (Purdue), Shripad Revankar (Purdue)
MSRE Transient Benchmark Development and Evaluation: NEUP Project Updates
4:35–4:55PM MST
Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Mohamed Elhareef (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley), Benjamin Betzler (ORNL), Tingzhou Fei (ANL), Kurt Harris (Flibe Energy)
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