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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 Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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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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Securing the advanced reactor fleet
Physical protection accounts for a significant portion of a nuclear power plant’s operational costs. As the U.S. moves toward smaller and safer advanced reactors, similar protection strategies could prove cost prohibitive. For tomorrow’s small modular reactors and microreactors, security costs must remain appropriate to the size of the reactor for economical operation.
The Robert A. Dannels Memorial Scholarship was established by the Board of Directors in December 1983 for graduate students in nuclear science and engineering.
The Mathematics and Computation Division (MCD) requested that they are included in the selection process and preference be given to students in the areas related to the focus of the MCD. This was due to the MCD being the only division financially supporting the scholarship.
Robert (Bob) A. Dannels is praised for both his personal and professional achievements. Despite being confined to a wheelchair since the age of twelve, Bob studied physics at Carnegie Mellon University and joined Westinghouse in 1957. Initially, he specialized in lattice physics, Monte Carlo computations, and nuclear data. He later became Manager of Nuclear Safety Methods Development and served for two years as Director of Organization Development of the PWR Systems Division at Westinghouse. Bob was one of the first members of the Cross Section Evaluation Working Group at Brookhaven National Laboratory and served briefly as Director of the BNL National Neutron Cross Section Center. He was an ANS Fellow and past Chair of both the ANS Mathematics & Computation Division and the ANS Reactor Physics Division. Robert A. Dannels died on December 24, 1981.
Mathematics and Computation Division (MCD)
A selection committee will be established by the Mathematics and Computation Division
Graduate (Masters or Ph.D.)
1 awarded annually @ $3,500/each
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