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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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Mike Kramer: Navigating power deals in the new data economy
Mike Kramer has a background in finance, not engineering, but a combined 20 years at Exelon and Constellation and a key role in the deals that have Meta and Microsoft buying power from Constellation’s Clinton and Crane sites have made him something of a nuclear expert.
Kramer spoke with Nuclear News staff writer Susan Gallier in late August, just after a visit to Clinton in central Illinois to celebrate a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Meta that closed in June. As Constellation’s vice president for data economy strategy, Kramer was part of the deal-making—not just the celebration.
Technical Session
Tuesday, May 10, 2022|4:00–6:00PM EDT|Calypso
Session Chair:
Susan Voss (GNNALLC)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Patrick McClure (SNPC)
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Considerations for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor Technology Readiness Level Advancement
Kelsa Palomares (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), James Werner (Walsh Engineering Services), Michael Todosow (Brookhaven ), Katey Lenox (INL)
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Space Nuclear Propulsion Technologies for Human and Robotic Missions
Anthony Calomino (NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate), Lindsey Holmes (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Samantha Austin (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.)
HALEU NTP Update -- Subscale Prototype and Full Scale Designs
C. Russell Joyner II (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Tyler Jennings (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Timothy Kokan (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Daniel J.H. Levack (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Christopher (Britton) Reynolds (Aerojet Rocketdyne)
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) Fission Product and Source Term Analysis
Reed Herner (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Kelsa Palomares (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Adam Boylston (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Lindsey Holmes (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.)
Draft General Design Criteria for the DRACO Thermal Nuclear Rocket -- Launch Safety Activities
Patrick McClure (Space Nuclear Power Corp.), Susan Voss (Global Nuclear Network Analysis), Tabitha Dodson (Defense Advanced Projects Agency), Nathan Greiner (Defense Advanced Projects Agency)
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