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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
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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.
Peter Norgard, Bradley D. Jeffries, Barry Higgins, John M. Gahl, J. David Robertson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 198 | Number 1 | January 2024 | Pages 83-91
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2023.2173965
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
An available supply of high-specific-activity radioisotopes was identified by the U.S. Department of Energy as a critical priority to the development and eventual deployment of next-generation medical diagnostic and cancer therapy tools. Work at the University of Missouri Research Reactor Center has been undertaken to develop an electromagnetic isotope separation technique that will leverage the production capabilities of the 10-MW reactor to provide radiolanthanides in quantities suitable for use in preclinical trials. A high-throughput concept design based on a solid tantalum hot surface ion source and an insertable titanium crucible will be described. Significant aspects of the electrical and thermal design of the ion source will be presented. Novel heating and cooling strategies were employed to concentrate heating where it is most needed while attempting to reduce thermal stress where heating is not required. Thermal testing from the commissioning process will be presented to demonstrate the temperature at several key locations in and around the ion source.