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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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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
Standards Program
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A more open future for nuclear research
A growing number of institutional, national, and funder mandates are requiring researchers to make their published work immediately publicly accessible, through either open repositories or open access (OA) publications. In addition, both private and public funders are developing policies, such as those from the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the European Commission, that ask researchers to make publicly available at the time of publication as much of their underlying data and other materials as possible. These, combined with movement in the scientific community toward embracing open science principles (seen, for example, in the dramatic rise of preprint servers like arXiv), demonstrate a need for a different kind of publishing outlet.
Technical Session|Poster Session
Thursday, May 9, 2024|11:40AM–1:00PM MDT|Sweeney CDE
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Holly R. Trellue
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Mission Opportunities Enabled by Americium-Fuelled Radioisotope Power Systems
Hannah Sargeant (Univ. Leicester), Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Alessandra Barco (Univ. Leicester), Emily Jane Watkinson (Univ. Leicester), Richard Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester)
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The Americium Radioisotope Heater Unit
Richard M. Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester), Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Alessandra Barco (Univ. Leicester), Tony Crawford (Univ. Leicester), Chris Bicknell (Univ. Leicester), Gareth Bustin (Univ. Leicester), Emily Jane Watkinson (Univ. Leicester), Hannah Sargeant (Univ. Leicester), Tim Tinsley (National Nuclear Laboratory), Rebecca Sanderson (National Nuclear Laboratory), Mark Sarsfield (National Nuclear Laboratory), Nick Hanigan (National Nuclear Laboratory), Pierre Coquay (European Space Agency), Christophe Fongarland (European Space Agency), Piers Slater (Reef Global)
Understanding Material and Fabrication Variables Affecting the Structure and Performance of Platinum Frit Vents for the Light Weight Radioisotope Heater Unit
Joe OBryant (ORNL), Greg Cox (ORNL), Jose Arregui Mena (ORNL), Kenneth Rex Veach (ORNL), Glenn Romanoski (ORNL), Roger Miller (ORNL)
Very Low Power Locomotion System for Small Radioisotope Powered Robotic Lunar Landers
Kris Bell (Univ. Leicester), Nathan L. Carstens (Univ. Leicester), James M. Critchley (Univ. Leicester), Suzanna J. Cronk (Univ. Leicester), Monica Peeris (Univ. Leicester), Isaac J. M. Waton (Univ. Leicester), Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Richard M. Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester)
Quantifying Mark Watney's Radiation Dose from a Plutonium-238 Radioisotope Power System in the Martian
Alexander Q. Gilbert (Colorado School of Mines)
Quantitative Particle Analysis of Neptunium-237 Oxides from a Production Environment
Connor J. Parker (ORNL), Kathryn M. Peruski (ORNL), Samantha K. Cary (ORNL)
Elucidation of Thermal Decomposition Mechanisms of Neptunyl Ammonium Nitrate for Neptunium Dioxide Target Production
Kathryn M. Peruski (ORNL), Connor J. Parker (ORNL)
Progress in Fabrication of Silicon Germanium Unicouples
Billy Li (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Keith Billings (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Matthew Dickie (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Vilupanur A. Ravi (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Analysis of Thrust Level Effect on Nuclear Electric Propulsion Mission Trajectory and Spacecraft Mass for Jupiter Rendezvous
Monica A. Salunkhe (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), Kunning G. Xu (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), L. Dale Thomas (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)
Optimization Considerations for Annular Linear Electromagnetic Pumps for Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion
John E. Foster (Univ. Michigan)
High Temperature Fuel Element Thermal Testing for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Applications
Jonas Opperman (General Atomics), Hesham Khalifa (General Atomics), Robert Schleicher (General Atomics), Gerald Lilienthal (General Atomics)
Radiation Resistance Evaluation of Carbon Nanocomposites Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Fuyue Li (Georgia Tech), Mary Woodrough (Georgia Tech), Chaitanya Deo (Georgia Tech)
Effect of Alloy Composition and Processing on the Microstructure of Iridium Alloys
G. Muralidharan (ORNL), G. R. Romanoski (ORNL)
Cross-Section Generation for Modeling Polyethylene Composites in HZETRN
Mary Woodrough (Georgia Tech), Fuyue Li (Georgia Tech), Chaitanya Deo (Georgia Tech)
Intermediate to High Strain Rate Tensile Testing of DOP-26 Iridium Alloy
Yanli Wang (ORNL), Charles Hawkins (ORNL), Roger G. Miller (ORNL), Glenn R. Romanoski (ORNL)
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