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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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BWXT will scout potential TRISO fuel production sites in Wyoming
BWX Technologies Inc. announced today that its Advanced Technologies subsidiary has signed a cooperation agreement with the state of Wyoming to evaluate locations and requirements for siting a potential new TRISO nuclear fuel fabrication facility in the state.
W. I. Neef, E. D. Jones, Jr
Nuclear Technology | Volume 3 | Number 1 | January 1967 | Pages 32-42
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT67-A27822
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The computer code VESTA has been written to calculate the interactions of the characteristics of light water, advanced converter, and breeder reactors with respect to consumption of uranium, production of plutonium, and national electric power capacity, to about year 2020. Economic factors such as plutonium price, fuel fabrication cost, fuel-cycle minimization decisions, and plutonium-inventory time lags will be as important as technological factors such as thermal reactor type, breeder development rate, plutonium recycle techniques, and thermal-reactor specific power. For a wide range of conditions and levels of development effort, the introduction of low-gain breeders by 1975 and of high-gain breeders by 1990 will result in cumulative uranium usage by 2020 below the level at which very high-priced uranium ore will be required.
