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Division Spotlight
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.
Meeting Spotlight
2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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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Proof of concept: The Molten Salt Reactor Experiment in Nuclear News
By late 1960, when the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission authorized plans to build a Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the lab already had about 13 years of experimentation with molten salt reactors under its longest-serving lab director, Alvin Weinberg. The MSRE operated from 1965 to 1969, proving that molten salt reactors could operate reliably, and with alternatives to uranium-235 too.
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April 21–24, 2024
International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024)
Beyond the Blueprint: Pioneering Reactor Physics for Real-World Implementation
San Francisco, CA|Hilton San Francisco
April 4–6, 2024
2024 ANS Student Conference
Keystone of Tomorrow
University Park, Pennsylvania|The Pennsylvania State University
March 17–24, 2024
Accelerator Applications 2024
Norfolk, VA
December 10–14, 2023
Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems (MiNES 2023)
New Orleans, LA|New Orleans Marriott
November 12–15, 2023
2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
Maintaining the Momentum
Washington, D.C.|Washington Hilton
October 16–20, 2023
4th International Conference on Dosimetry and its Applications (ICDA-4)
Valencia, Spain
August 20–25, 2023
20th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-20)
August 13–17, 2023
The International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2023)
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
August 6–9, 2023
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2023)
Building Resiliency in a Rapidly Changing World
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
July 23–27, 2023
11th International Conference on Isotopes
Saskatoon, Canada
July 18–21, 2023
2023 Water Reactor Fuel Performance Meeting
Xi’an, China
July 15–20, 2023
NPIC&HMIT 2023 and PSA 2023 Co-Located Meetings
Knoxville, TN|Knoxville Convention Center
June 11–14, 2023
2023 ANS Annual Meeting
Failure is not an option.
Indianapolis, IN|Marriott Indianapolis Downtown
May 7–12, 2023
3rd International Conference on Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (RANC-3)
Budapest, Hungary
May 7–11, 2023
Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2023)
Powering the Next Era of Space Exploration
Idaho Falls, ID|Snake River Event Center
April 23–27, 2023
International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Gyeongju, South Korea
April 13–15, 2023
2023 Student Conference
Passing the Torch
Knoxville, TN|University of Tennessee at Knoxville
February 6–9, 2023
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2023)
Maintaining Excellence Today – Building the Nuclear Workforce for Tomorrow!
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
November 13–17, 2022
2022 ANS Winter Meeting and Technology Expo
Challenge Accepted
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort
October 21, 2022
Virtual Graduate School Fair
Online