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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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DOE report: Cost to finish cleaning up Hanford site could exceed $589 billion
The cost to complete the cleanup of the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state could cost as much as $589.4 billion, according to the 2025 Hanford Lifecycle Scope, Schedule, and Cost Report, which was released by the DOE on April 15. While that estimate is $44.2 billion lower than the DOE’s 2022 estimate of $640.6 billion, a separate, low-end estimate has since grown by more than 21 percent, to $364 billion.
The life cycle report, which the DOE is legally required to issue every three years under agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology), summarizes the remaining work scope, schedule, and cost estimates for the nuclear site. For more than 40 years, Hanford’s reactors produced plutonium for America’s defense program.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom G
Session Chair:
Fan Zhang
Alternate Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Organizer:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
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Non-Invasive Digitization of Existing Nuclear Power Plants
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Harry Sim (Cypress Envirosystems), Hank Strahley (Southern Nuclear)
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Advanced Cable Management Interface for the Monitoring of Cable Integrity in CANDU Nuclear Power Plants
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Ragasudha Vasudevan (Ontario tech University), Allan Ghaforian (Ontario Tech University), Lixuan Lu (Ontario Tech Univ.)
A Data-Driven Approach to Core Power Distribution Reconstruction in a Nuclear Reactor
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Haoyu Wang (Argonne National Laboratory), Roberto Ponciroli (Argonne National Laboratory), Richard B. Vilim (Argonne National Laboratory), Vasileios Theos (Purdue University), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue University)
Surrogate-Driven Variance-Based Sensitivity Analysis of Thermal Storage Tanks in Integrated Energy Systems
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Seydou Sene (Institut Polytechnique de Paris - ENSTA Paris), Linyu Lin (Idaho National Laboratory), Junyung Kim (Idaho National Laboratory), Majdi I. Radaideh (University of Michigan Ann Arbor)
Robot Teleoperation for Efficient Pipe Maintenance in Nuclear Facilities
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Youndo Do (Georgia Institute of Technology), Cheng-Yuan Li (Georgia Institute of Technology), Myeongjun Choi (Georgia Institute of Technology), Fan Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology)
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