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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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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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 engineers share their expertise at the University of Puerto Rico
Robert Roche-Rivera and Marcos Rolón-Acevedo are licensed professional engineers who work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are also alumni of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) and have been sharing their knowledge and experience with students at their alma mater since last year, serving as adjunct professors in the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. During the 2023–2024 school year, they each taught two courses: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.
Session|Panel
Friday, November 12, 2021|3:15–5:00PM EST
Session Chairs:
Patrick Snouffer (ANS YMG)
Kelsey Aumundson (ANS YMG)
Session Producers:
Matt Jasica (ANL)
In this engaging keynote address, expert consultant and thought leader Katherine Turner will present key diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) concepts and frameworks, discuss DEI commitments made by nuclear industry organizations, engage audience members to reflect on the current state of DEI in their organizations, and call on our community to take action and advance DEI in our organizations and broader society for a better world. Katherine is President of Global Citizen, LLC. Global Citizen, LLC is a consulting firm that works to strengthen leaders’ capacity to effect organizational transformation and social impact by advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, public health, human rights, and global competence. Global Citizen, LLC works in partnership with a diverse network of dynamic consultants and interns and collaborates with company leaders across all sectors to facilitate mission and values clarification; align vision, mission, values, policies, practices, and culture; and strengthen capacity in organizational, leadership, and intercultural competence, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
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