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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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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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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Argonne creates new methodology for digital twins
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Argonne National Laboratory has added a new twist to digital twin technology for research into nuclear energy. According to Rui Hu, a principal nuclear engineer at Argonne, “Our digital twin technology introduces a significant step toward understanding and managing advanced nuclear reactors, enabling us to predict and respond to changes with the required speed and accuracy.”
The research of Hu and his colleagues, “Development of Whole System Digital Twins for Advanced Reactors: Leveraging Graph Neural Networks and SAM Simulations,” was published in the American Nuclear Society journal Nuclear Technology.
Virtual representation: A digital twin technology is an accurate virtual representation of a complex system. It is updated with real-time data from sensors applied to the physical system, such as a nuclear reactor.
January 22, 2025|10:30–11:30AM (11:30AM–12:30PM EST)
Available to All Users
Outreach doesn’t always happen where it is needed most. Nuclear organizations that seek to engage with historically underrepresented and under-resourced communities or schools face challenges unique to the individual community or school, which can limit or outright eliminate opportunities for connection. This discussion will feature panelists who have formed connections between a nuclear organization and a local underrepresented community. It is a call to action to be more intentional about conducting nuclear outreach equitably.
ANS Local and Student Sections and other nuclear organizations often conduct recruitment and science literacy outreach in communities and K-12 schools with existing interpersonal connections or where it is geographically convenient, unintentionally propagating the exclusion of underrepresented communities in the nuclear industries.
Further, ANS Sections that seek to engage with historically underrepresented and under-resourced communities or schools face challenges unique to the individual community or school, which can limit or outright eliminate opportunities for connection. These challenges include but are not limited to a lack of trust across class or racial differences, a lack of trust in the nuclear industry, language barriers, perceptions of dissimilarity, misaligned schedules, misunderstanding of cultural norms, and misalignment between the type of engagement offered and the needs of the community or school.
The Diversity and Inclusion in ANS (DIA) Committee will be hosting an upcoming three-part training series to guide ANS sections and other members of the nuclear community in overcoming these challenges and forming sustainable long-lasting relationships with historically underrepresented and under-resourced groups.
Scott Lathrop
CEO, ytt Northern Chumash Nonprofit, California
Bea Valencia Hernandez
Technical Recruiter, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho
Canterra Simerly
Academy Coach, Austin-East High School, Tennessee
Lisa Marshall
NC State University and ANS President
Ira Strong
Diversity and Inclusion in ANS Committee Member