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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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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver 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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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has doubled down on its rejection of an interconnection service agreement (ISA) between Amazon Web Services and Talen Energy in Pennsylvania.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Nuclear Power Plants
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Palm C
Session Chair:
Jacopo Buongiorno (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Alternate Chair:
Angel Vasquez (MIT)
Session Organizers:
Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Kazuaki Kito (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy)
Kyoung-Ho Kang (KAERI)
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Understanding the Effects of Gamma Radiation on the Chemical and Physical Characteristics of a Potential Candidate for Organic Cooled Reactors
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Angel Vasquez (MIT), Arunkumar Seshadri (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Jacopo Buongiorno (MIT)
Paper
ESFR-SIMPLE Project: Towards a ESFR-SMR Design
3:35–3:55PM PDT
P. Sciora (CEA), A. Pantano (CEA), E. Fridman (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), A. Ponomarev (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), P. Servell (EDF), D. Gérardin (EDF), E. Girardi (EDF), B. Farges (FRAMATOME), K. Mikityuk (Paul Scherrer Institute), A. Rineiski (KIT), J. Guidez (Nuclei Cogitum)
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Generic Sodium-Potassium-Cooled Thermal Microreactor Reference Design with Sizing-Burnup Tradeoff Study
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Samuel Garcia (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Samuel E. Bays (INL), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Develop by Embodiments: Managing Uncertainty in Reactor Conceptualization -- The MIGHTR from Boston Atomics
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Enrique Velez-Lopez (Boston Atomics), W. Robb Stewart (Boston Atomics)
Plant and Safety Features of Toshiba Innovative ABWR Plant iBR
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Yukitaka Yamazaki (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Keiji Matsumoto (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Takashi Sato (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Masayuki Niimi (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions)
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