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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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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EST|Lincoln West
Session Chair:
Tina Hernandez (Sandia)
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Confidence Evaluation for Nuclear Enterprise Arms Control
8:00–8:20AM EST
Jen Huckett (PNNL), Jan Irvahn (PNNL), Robert Brigantic (PNNL), Brenda Forland (PNNL), Julianna Puccio (PNNL)
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Zero-Knowledge Protocol Imaging for Future Arms Control Treaties
8:20–8:40AM EST
Andrew J. Gilbert (PNNL), Jade E. Holliman (PNNL), Aliyah St Louis-Alleyne (PNNL), Robert J. Goldston (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Phillip Kerr (LLNL)
Passive Signatures in Arms Control Confirmation Technologies
8:40–9:00AM EST
Sean Stave (PNNL), Phil Kerr (LLNL), Kyle Polack (Sandia)
PROACTIVE Research for Characterizing Shielded Uranium via Active Interrogation in Arms Control Contexts
9:00–9:20AM EST
Marc A. Wonders (LLNL), Paul Hausladen (ORNL)
PASSIVE: A Passive Attribute Signatures Suite for Item Verification Experiments
9:20–9:40AM EST
Jawad R. Moussa (Sandia), Kyle Polack (Sandia), Gregory Thoreson (Sandia), Phoenix Baldez (Sandia), Ryan Kamm (Sandia)
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