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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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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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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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Industry Update—May 2025
Here is a recap of industry happenings from the recent past:
TerraPower’s Natrium reactor advances on several fronts
TerraPower has continued making aggressive progress in several areas for its under-construction Natrium Reactor Demonstration Project since the beginning of the year. Natrium is an advanced 345-MWe reactor that has liquid sodium as a coolant, improved fuel utilization, enhanced safety features, and an integrated energy storage system, allowing for a brief power output boost to 500-MWe if needed for grid resiliency. The company broke ground for its first Natrium plant in 2024 near a retiring coal plant in Kemmerer, Wyo.
Glen R. Hayes, Joseph F. Marsden
Nuclear Technology | Volume 87 | Number 4 | December 1989 | Pages 721-728
Technical Paper | TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27664
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EG&G Idaho, acting on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy, is cooperating with the owner of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) plant, GPU Nuclear Corporation, in the removal and transport of the damaged TMI-2 core to the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. Quality assurance (QA) played an important role in the removal and transport of the damaged TMI-2 core. Discussed are some of the important QA techniques utilized in the design, fabrication, acceptance, and use of the three different types of equipment: (a) the core boring machine, (b) the core debris canisters, and (c) the transport casks. Rather than a thorough discussion of the QA aspects of each task, the key applications of QA principles and methodology unique to each piece of equipment are presented. This approach is designed to effectively communicate the importance of “task teamwork” in QA.
