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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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Pacific Fusion predicts “1,000-fold leap” in performance, net facility gain by 2030
Inertial fusion energy (IFE) developer Pacific Fusion, based in Fremont, Calif., announced this morning that it is on target to achieve net facility gain—more fusion energy out than all energy stored in the system—with a demonstration system by 2030, and backs the claim with a technical paper published yesterday on arXiv: “Affordable, manageable, practical, and scalable (AMPS) high-yield and high-gain inertial fusion.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Jasmine H
Session Chair:
Christian M. Petrie
Alternate Chair:
Edward J. Cazalas
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Measuring Flow Rates and Compositions in Salt Reactors with Gamma Spectroscopy
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Charles Forsberg (MIT), Dave Carpenter (MIT), Seth Dayawansa (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Paper
A Compact and Robust Semiconductor Neutron Detector Alternative for Subsurface Exploration
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Shikha Prasad (SLB)
Laser-Spectroscopy Testbed Design for Impurity Monitoring in Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors
1:40–2:00PM PDT
M. Ortiz (Univ. Michigan), E. Kent (ANL), J. Craparo (Energy Research Co.), R. De Saro (Energy Research Co.), I. Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan), M. Burger (Univ. Michigan)
Drift for Optical Fiber-Based Gamma Thermometer
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Thomas E. Blue (Ohio State), Anthony Birri (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)
Cherenkov-Based Neutron Detector Design and Development for Advanced Reactors
2:20–2:40PM PDT
Jacob Strong (Univ. Utah), Jesse Snow (Univ. Utah), Edward Cazalas (Univ. Utah)
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