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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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ANS designates Armour Research Foundation Reactor as Nuclear Historic Landmark
The American Nuclear Society presented the Illinois Institute of Technology with a plaque last week to officially designate the Armour Research Foundation Reactor a Nuclear Historic Landmark, following the Society’s decision to confer the status onto the reactor in September 2024.
John E. Foley, Robert L. Seale
Nuclear Technology | Volume 6 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 142-146
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT69-A28245
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A modulated neutron source has been constructed by alternately spreading and converging the ion beam from a 2-MeV Van de Graaff accelerator striking a neutron-producing target. This spreading and converging is accomplished by applying a time-varying voltage to the electrodes of an electrostatic quadrupole lens located in the beam tube of the accelerator a few meters from the target. The system is capable of producing neutron waves of frequencies between a few Hz to over 100 000 Hz, with little harmonic distortion. No modification of the accelerator is required, and all necessary equipment is commercially available.
