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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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ANS to host webinar on clean electric grid on Wednesday
Join ANS for the panel discussion, What will a clean U.S. electric grid look like in 2035? at 1:30 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday. Register now for the free virtual event.
Yunfeng Zhang, Xiangshun Li, Lin Cai
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 194 | Number 7 | July 2020 | Pages 541-553
Technical Paper | dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2020.1751526
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Based on the angle and Euclidean distance similarity of the loading matrix, this paper reports on an improved principal component analysis (PCA) modeling method that is successfully applied to identify three different working conditions in the secondary loop of a nuclear power plant (NPP). First, a simulation platform of the secondary loop of the NPP is built in which three kinds of working conditions are set. Second, the multiple-PCA modeling method is used to construct the offline models. Finally, the effectiveness and superiority of the improved method is verified in the simulation platform.
