Space
Nuclear Conference 2007 (SNC '07) will be the second topical meeting organized
by the Aerospace Nuclear Science and Technology (ANST) technical group.
NASA funding has been established to develop capabilities for unmanned
and manned missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
Strategies implementing nuclear based power and propulsion technology,
as well as radiation shielding protection, will be an integral part of
successful missions of these types.
The
purpose of the meeting is to bring together and provide a communications
network and forum for information
exchange for the wide cross section of research and management personnel from
government, industry, academia, and the national laboratory system that are
involved in the initiative. To
this end, the meeting will address topics ranging from overviews of current
programs and plans to
detailed issues related to space travel such as nuclear-based power and
propulsion systems designs, materials, testing, safety, space environmental
effects and nuclear power system radiation shielding for humans and electronic
components, and human factor strategies for the safe and reliable operation of
nuclear power and propulsion plants.
This
conference will have full-length technical papers, which will be peer reviewed
and published on a CDROM, available at the meeting. At
least one author is required to attend the conference and present his or her paper.
