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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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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
Standards Program
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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Liftoff report lifts the lid on cost and risk in push to nth-of-a-kind reactors
The Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Advanced Nuclear report that was released in March 2023 by the Department of Energy called for five to 10 signed reactor contracts for at least one reactor design by 2025. Now, 18 months have passed, and despite the word “resurgence” in media reports on the U.S. nuclear power industry, 2025 is fast approaching with no contracts signed.
Andrew Fox, Kuhika Gupta, Joseph Ripberger, Will Livingston, Hank Jenkins-Smith
Nuclear Technology | Volume 210 | Number 9 | September 2024 | Pages 1694-1705
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2023.2240185
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Twitter provides a complementary source of information to more traditional mechanisms of data collection of public opinion about technically complex and controversial topics like spent nuclear fuel (SNF) management. In this study, we apply content and network analysis to investigate the discourse surrounding public concerns about SNF management in the United States on Twitter during 2021. We explore two key research questions: (1) What issues do individuals bring up in the messages about SNF on social media platforms like Twitter? and (2) What can we learn from the network structure of online conversations about SNF management on Twitter? The results indicate that tweets about technology, community, health and safety, and legal and political topics consistently outpaced concerns about economic and environmental impacts connected to SNF management on Twitter, emphasizing potential risks more than benefits. This study also found that Twitter users’ conversations about SNF occur in tightly clustered groups of users centered around a small number of accounts. Together, the content and structure of the online discourse offers insight into public attitudes and concerns about SNF management from a variety of sources, providing experts with a baseline analysis of potentially salient issues that can inform communication with public audiences.
