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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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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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General Kenneth Nichols and the Manhattan Project
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The Oak Ridger has published the latest in a series of articles about General Kenneth D. Nichols, the Manhattan Project, and the 1954 Atomic Energy Act. The series has been produced by Nichols’ grandniece Barbara Rogers Scollin and Oak Ridge (Tenn.) city historian David Ray Smith. Gen. Nichols (1907–2000) was the district engineer for the Manhattan Engineer District during the Manhattan Project.
As Smith and Scollin explain, Nichols “had supervision of the research and development connected with, and the design, construction, and operation of, all plants required to produce plutonium-239 and uranium-235, including the construction of the towns of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Richland, Washington. The responsibility of his position was massive as he oversaw a workforce of both military and civilian personnel of approximately 125,000; his Oak Ridge office became the center of the wartime atomic energy’s activities.”
Technical Session
Tuesday, September 27, 2022|3:50–5:55PM PDT|Harbor
Session Chair:
Carmen Jacobs (South African Nuclear Energy Corporation)
Alternate Chair:
Robert E. Grove (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Thomas M. Miller (ORNL)
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Proposal of New Structure for Duct Shielding in Radiation Therapy Room
3:50–4:15PM PDT
Sangrok Kim (Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences), Gisub Kim (Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences)
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On Publication of "A Handbook of Radiation Shielding" Supervised by the Shielding Research Committee of Atomic Energy Society of Japan
4:15–4:40PM PDT
Yoshihiro Hirao (National Maritime Research Institute), Yoshitomo Uwamino (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)
Radiation Shielding for the Transportation of Radioactive Lutetium-177
4:40–5:05PM PDT
C. Jacobs (South African Nuclear Energy Corp.), E.M. Chinaka (South African Nuclear Energy Corp.), L. Bedhesi (South African Nuclear Energy Corp.)
MCNP Analysis for Dose Rate Measurements on Radioactive Waste Transportation Ship
5:05–5:30PM PDT
Kaori Yamagata (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Masashi Osaki (MHI NS Engineering Co.), Yu Sugimoto (MHI NS Engineering Co.)
Shielding Calculation of the Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste Drum from a Nuclear Reactor Using Monte Carlo Codes
5:30–5:55PM PDT
Wenxuan Wang (Harbin Turbine Co.), Luis Fernando Salas-Tapia (Harbin Engineering Univ.), Xiang Wang (Harbin Engineering Univ.), Tian Zhang (Harbin Engineering Univ.)
Presentation Video (Visible to Attendees) — Presentation 39173
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