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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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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2023)
February 6–9, 2023
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Show support for a Lego nuclear power plant
A creative fan of Lego—and nuclear power—has designed a nuclear power plant out of the famous building blocks and has submitted the idea to the Lego Group for possible production—but first, the idea needs the support of the public.
Shengyuan Yan, Kai Yao, Fengjiao Li, Yingying Wei, Cong Chi Tran
Nuclear Technology | Volume 208 | Number 10 | October 2022 | Pages 1540-1552
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2022.2049965
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The accurate assessment of human error probability (HEP) has an important impact on the safety of nuclear power plants. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a HEP model. This study analyzes the validity, sensitivity, and relationship between HEP and the indices of eye response and the subjective rating method. The analysis result showed that there is a correlation between HEP and the indices of eye response, subjective workload, and situation awareness level. Therefore, a back propagation neural network model was developed based on these indices. The correlation coefficient is more than 0.95 between the predicted data of the developed model and the target data. Also, the root mean square error was 0.0073, 0.0083, and 0.0077, and the determination coefficient was 0.965, 0.933, and 0.931 for the training, validation, and testing data sets, respectively. Therefore, the developed back propagation neural network model has reliable prediction accuracy for HEP.
