Special Committee on Nuclear Nonproliferation (SCNN) History

Brief Summary

1993 ANS Washington DC Local Section
Vanice Perin was the driving force in SCNN formation
Due to urgency, ANS created a Special Committee
1994 Panel on Disposition of Excess Plutonium Session on NPT Renegotiation and Cooperation with the Former Soviet Union for Nuclear Materials Safeguards
1995 Blue Ribbon Panel – issued report on Protection and Management of Plutonium
1996 Embedded Topical Meeting on International Policy Issues
2009, June Sessions at ANS National Meeting
  • Securing the Renaissance: Responsible Stewardship of the Global Nuclear Enterprise
  • MOX Gateway: Roadmap to Human Resource Development for the Nuclear Renaissance
  • Advanced Fuels and Recycle
  • Export Control Compliance in Emerging Nuclear Markets
  • Nonproliferation Technology and Used Fuel Repatriation
  • Disseminating a Nonproliferation Culture through Education
2009, November Sessions at ANS National Meeting
  • International Programs to Enhance Safeguards Education for the Next Generation of Future Safeguards Professionals
  • Advances in Safeguards Technologies
  • U.S. Commitment to Implement and Promote Adherence to the International Atomic Energy Agency Additional Protocol
  • Summer Internship Projects from the Next Generation Safeguards Initiative
2010, June Sessions at ANS National Meeting
  • MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility: Overcoming Supplier Qualification Challenges for the Nuclear Renaissance
  • Safeguards, Nonproliferation, and Material Detection
2010, November Sessions at ANS National Meeting
  • Advances in Safeguards Technology
  • Nonproliferation and the Fuel Cycle
  • Special Session: Current Efforts toward Sustainable Nonproliferation Policy

Articles for an ANS Nuclear News Special Edition on Nuclear Nonproliferation
2011, June Two Sessions Organized
  • Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Safeguards and Nonproliferation Education
  • SRS Plutonium Disposition Project
2011, November Ten Sessions planned
  • America's Nuclear Future Blue Ribbon Commission: 
  • The Fuel Cycle and Nonproliferation Issues
  • Addressing the He-3 Alternative Shortage
  • Treaty Verification and Arms Control Technologies
  • Treaty Verification and Arms Control Policies
  • Novel Quantitative Methods for Identifying Potential Proliferation
  • Nonproliferation Topics—Student Presentations
  • How Universities are Realigning Academic Programs to Address Nonproliferation Issues
  • Next Generation Safeguards Technology Applications for Facilities
  • International Safeguards Training Program
  • Helium-3 Alternative Technologies
2013, June Plans for Embedded Topical Meeting: Current Developments Toward a Sustainable Nonproliferation Regime