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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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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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NRC okays construction permits for Hermes 2 test facility
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced yesterday that it has directed staff to issue construction permits to Kairos Power for the company's proposed Hermes 2 nonpower test reactor facility to be built at the Heritage Center Industrial Park in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The permits authorize Kairos to build a facility with two 35-MWt test reactors that would use molten salt to cool the reactor cores.
Panel and Technical Session|Criticality Safety
Saturday, April 15, 2023|1:35–2:55PM EDT|Student Union 362C
Session Chair:
Katy Worrell (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Matthew McMillan (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Nuclear Criticality Safety Division.
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Design of a Subcritical Test Assembly at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1:35–1:55PM EDT
Edward G. Fejedelem (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Carson Sain (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Chilson Whittum (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Katy Worrell (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Alexander Lang (ORNL), Mathieu Dupont (ORNL), Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
Paper
Consistency-Based Benchmark Rejection Used for Nuclear Criticality Safety Analysis Applications
1:55–2:15PM EDT
Jeongwon Seo (Purdue), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue)
Heavy Water Experiment with Inherently Safe Subcritical Assembly (ISSA)
2:15–2:35PM EDT
Alessandra H. Totaro Villar (Univ. California, Berkeley), Speero M. Tannous (Univ. California, Berkeley), Émile Gateau (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Burnable Poison Loading Optimization
2:35–2:55PM EDT
Vitaliy Mykhnyak (Penn State), Devin J. Ortiz (Penn State), Andrew Broesder (Penn State)
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