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Division Spotlight
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.
Meeting Spotlight
2022 ANS Annual Meeting
June 12–16, 2022
Anaheim, CA|Anaheim Hilton
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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Latest News
Deadline extended to apply for ANS's 2023 ANS Congressional Fellowship
The deadline for applications to the ANS's Glenn T. Seaborg Congressional Science and Engineering Fellowship has been extended. All ANS members are invited to apply to help the Society fulfill its strategic goal of informing nuclear public policy.
All applications and supporting documents are now due by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on Monday, May 23.
The American Nuclear Society Scholarship Policy and Coordination Committee, the ANS Divisions, and Local Sections have awarded 87 scholarships totaling $241,100 to students pursuing degrees in nuclear science and technology.
Thank you to all the donors who have generously supported our scholarship programs.
ANS Sponsored Interns
Matthew Alexander Hageman – Oregon State University
Tiara Maria Carrasquillo Pérez - University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
Kent Hamlin Memorial Scholarship
Michelle D. Revollo - Chattanooga State Community College
Nontraditional Student Scholarships
John and Muriel Landis Scholarships
Community College / Trade School
ANS Incoming Freshman
ANS Undergraduate (Sophomore)
ANS Undergraduate (Junior/Senior)
Angelo F. Bisesti Memorial Scholarship
Raymond DiSalvo Memorial Scholarship
William R. & Mila Kimel Nuclear Engineering Scholarship
John R. Lamarsh Memorial Scholarship
Hans P. Loewen Memorial Scholarship
Joseph Naser HFICD Undergraduate Scholarship
Fusion Energy Division Dr. Kenneth R. Schultz Undergraduate Scholarship
Rudi Stamm’ler Reactor Physics Division Scholarship
Accelerator Applications Division Scholarship
Operations and Power Division Scholarship
ANS Graduate
Everitt P. Blizard Graduate Scholarship
Robert A. Dannels Memorial Scholarship
Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences Division Graduate Scholarship
Vincent J. Esposito Thermal-Hydraulic Graduate Scholarship
Ely M. Gelbard Graduate Scholarship
Gozani Family Graduate Scholarship
Alan F. Henry/Paul A. Greebler Memorial Scholarship
Lawrence E. Hochreiter Graduate Scholarship
Saul Levine Memorial Scholarship
Michael J. Lineberry Graduate Scholarship
Nuclear Criticality Safety Pioneers Scholarship
Fuel Cycle & Waste Management Division John D. Randall Scholarship
James F. Schumar Scholarship
Robert E. Uhrig Graduate Scholarship
Vogt Radiochemistry Scholarship
ANS Oak Ridge / Knoxville Local Section Undergraduate Scholarship
ANS Prof. Massimo Salvatores Pittsburgh Local Section Graduate Scholarship
Washington, DC Local Section Jeffrey A. Gorman Undergraduate Scholarship
Washington DC Local Section George P. Shultz and James W. Behrens Graduate Scholarship
Savannah River Local Section Richard Benjamin Memorial Scholarship
Eastern Washington Local Section Undergraduate Scholarship
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