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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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Bipartisan Fusion Energy Act pushes for regulatory clarity
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Sen. Alex Padilla (D., Calif.) introduced the Fusion Energy Act (S. 4151) last month with a bipartisan group of cosponsors—John Cornyn (R., Texas), Cory Booker (D., N.J.), Todd Young (R., Ind.), and Patty Murray (D., Wash.). The legislation would codify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s regulatory authority over commercial fusion energy systems to streamline the creation of clear federal regulations that will support the development of commercial fusion power plants—and would require a report within one year on a study of risk- and performance-based, design-specific licensing frameworks for “mass-manufactured fusion machines.
“Congress must do everything in its power to ensure continued U.S. leadership in developing commercial fusion energy facilities,” said Padilla as he introduced the bill. “The Fusion Energy Act would provide regulatory certainty for investors as the NRC develops and streamlines frameworks for such facilities.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Monday, November 13, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Columbia 12
Session Chair:
Travis W. Knight
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Lisa M. Marshall
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Subcritical Test Assembly -- Senior Design Project
1:00–1:20PM EST
Daniel Racz (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas Branam (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Gabriel Lentchner (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sophia Hitson (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sinan Zhang (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Paper
Event Sequence Analysis to Support a Full Scope Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment Framework for the PULSTAR Research Reactor
1:20–1:40PM EST
Maddison Barber (NCSU), May Wells (NCSU), Alex Chaisson (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — NCSU Student Presentation
Cask Design and Offline Processing of Fuel Salt via Fluorination and Impurity Absorption for MSR Nuclear Waste (COFFIN)
1:40–2:00PM EST
Gracie Eccleston (Georgia Tech), Jana Shade (Georgia Tech), Zach Welchel (Georgia Tech), Caryanne Wilson (Georgia Tech)
Design Optimization of an Organic-Cooled Light-Water-Moderated Micro-Reactor for Electricity and Hydrogen Generation
2:00–2:20PM EST
Assil Halimi (MIT), Gyutae Park (MIT), Isabel Naranjo De Candido (MIT), Loukas Carayannopoulos (MIT)
Large-Area Plasma-Liquid Reactors for Water Purification in Space
2:20–2:40PM EST
Sean M. Peyres (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jasmine Dinari (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Matt Koska (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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