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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Deep geologic repository progress—2025 Update
Editor's note: This article has was originally published in November 2023. It has been updated with new information as of June 2025.
Outside my office, there is a display case filled with rock samples from all over the world. It contains a disk of translucent, orange salt from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M.; a core of white-and-bronze gneiss from the site of the future deep geologic repository in Eurajoki, Finland; several angular chunks of fine-grained, gray claystone from the underground research laboratory at Bure, France; and a piece of coarse-grained granite from the underground research tunnel in Daejeon, South Korea.
Technical Session
Monday, May 9, 2022|10:30AM–12:30PM EDT|Vanda
Session Chair:
Tabitha Dodson (DARPA)
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Alternate Chair:
Barry Miller (Lockheed Martin)
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Power Generation on the Moon for Future In-Situ Resource Utilization
Diana Nikitaeva (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), L. Dale Thomas (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)
Paper
Cost Projections and Economic Analysis of Lunar Surface Electrical Power
Elliot Carol (Lunar Resources), Alex Ignatiev (Lunar Resources), Peter Curreri (Lunar Resources), Sumontro Sinha (Lunar Resources)
Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) for a Robust Commercial Lunar Ecosystem
Mathew DeMinico (NASA Glenn Research Center), James P. Mastandrea (Johns Hopkins APL), Wesley T. Fuhrman (Johns Hopkins APL)
Powering the Moon: From Artemis Technology Demonstrations to a Lunar Economy
Jeffrey Csank (NASA Glenn Research Center), George L. Thomas (NASA Glenn Research Center), Matthew Granger (NASA Glenn Research Center), Brent Gardner (NASA Glenn Research Center)
Use of a Dynamic Radioisotope Power Source for a Long Duration Lunar Science Rover
Steven Oleson (NASA Glenn Research Center), Elizabeth Turnbull (NASA Glenn Research Center), Paul Schmitz (Power Computing Solutions), Kirby Runyon (Johns Hopkins APL), Anthony Colozza (HX5), Thomas Packard (HX5), John Gyekenyesi (HX5), Brandon Klefman (NASA Glenn Research Center), Brent Faller (NASA Glenn Research Center), Natalie Weckesser (NASA Glenn Research Center), Onoufrios Theofylaktos (NASA Glenn Research Center), Christine Schmid (NASA Glenn Research Center), Christopher Heldman (NASA Glenn Research Center), James Fittje (Science Applications International Corp.), Ben Bussey (Johns Hopkins APL), Paul Ostdiek (Johns Hopkins APL), Cassandra Chang (NASA Glenn Research Center)
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