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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
Standards Program
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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Deep Isolation validates its disposal canister for TRISO spent fuel
Nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation announced it has successfully completed Project PUCK, a government-funded initiative to demonstrate the feasibility and potential commercial readiness of its Universal Canister System (UCS) to manage TRISO spent nuclear fuel.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST|Columbia 9
Session Chairs:
Nadish Saini (ANL)
Vivek Rao (ORNL)
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RANS Simulation of a Porous Blockage in a 61-Pin Wire-Wrapped Bundle
10:00–10:20AM EST
Octavio Bovati (TAMU), Yassin Hassan (TAMU)
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Comparison of RANS and LES Simulations of a Gas-Cooled Pebble Bed with 1568 Pebbles
10:20–10:40AM EST
Dezhi Dai (ANL), Prasad Vegendla (ANL), Haomin Yuan (ANL), John Acierno (ANL), Adrian Tentner (ANL)
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