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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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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
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Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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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After months of troubleshooting, SRS system gets a new component
Workers at the Savannah River Site have recently completed the replacement of a piece of equipment that the Department of Energy said in a July 31 press release is “essential for operations in the site’s H Canyon chemical separations capable facility.”
X. Courtois, M. Firdaouss, P. Gavila, M. Missirlian, M. Richou, D. Serret, J. Bucalossi, A. Grosman, Th. Loarer, Ph. Magaud
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 64 | Number 4 | November 2013 | Pages 727-734
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A24092
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The evolution toward fully metallic plasma-facing components (PFCs) involves new major challenges in fusion research. For more than 20 years, CEA has focused its experimental studies on actively cooled carbon PFCs. Now, a new step has been taken with the integration of recent technology and physics knowledge for the foreseen implementation of a full-tungsten divertor in Tore Supra (the WEST project) in support of the ITER divertor strategy. To that purpose, various studies dealing with the W environment have been carried out during the past 2 years: analysis of thermal fatigue testing on the latest monoblock designed for ITER divertor targets, including repaired ones; component surface shaping that withstands local particle flux and the effect of leading edges; cumulated transient and steady-state heat loads and their link with the issue of W recrystallization; and acoustic monitoring of the component cooling regimes to prevent critical heat flux events.