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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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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
Decommissioning Environmental Sciences and Remote Technology 2024
Technical Session|Sponsored by RRSD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM EST|Merritt 2
Session Chair:
Young Soo Park
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Fan Zhang
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Exoskeleton and Humanoid Robot Systems for Nuclear Site Worker Safety
1:00–1:20PM EST
Jared Li (IHMC), Reese Peterson (IHMC), Luigi Penco (IHMC)
Paper
Integrating Gaze Based Control into a Virtual Hot-cell Environment for Supernumerary Telemanipulation
1:20–1:40PM EST
Arunim Bhattacharya (Northern Illinois Univ.), Hamza Muzammal (ANL), Young Soo Park (ANL), Sachit Butail (Northern Illinois Univ.)
Performance Enhancement of Dual-Arm Telerobotic System for Robotic Hotbox Operation
1:40–2:00PM EST
Hyeonseok Choi (ANL), Young Soo Park (ANL)
Long Term Surveillance for Hanford Tank Farms Using Mobile Platforms
2:00–2:20PM EST
Brendon Cintas (Florida Int'l Univ.), Leonel Lagos (Florida Int'l Univ.), Anthony Abrahao (Florida Int'l Univ.), Douglas Reid (Washington River Protection Solutions), Kayle Boomer (Washington River Protection Solutions)
Robotic Digital Twin for Hot Cell for Nuclear Waste Disposition
2:20–2:40PM EST
Hamza Muzammal (ANL), Young Soo Park (ANL), Venugopal Varma (ORNL)
Semi-Autonomous Repair Using Mobile Manipulator for Nuclear Facilities and Tank Farms
2:40–2:45PM EST
Santiago Cuartas Palacio (Florida Int'l Univ.), Anthony Abrahao (Florida Int'l Univ.), Mackenson Telusma (Florida Int'l Univ.), Leonel Lagos (Florida Int'l Univ.)
Robotic Digital Twin for Immersive Training, Rehearsal and Operations in Simulated Glovebox Environments
2:45–2:50PM EST
Christian Pilon (AtkinsRealis), Robert Marwood (AtkinsRealis), Paul Townson (AtkinsRealis)
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