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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
Technical Session
Wednesday, May 11, 2022|4:00–6:00PM EDT|Vanda
Session Chair:
Michael LaPointe (NASA)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Ronald Turner (ANSER)
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Accessing Icy World Oceans Using Lattice Confinement Fusion Fast Fission
Theresa L. Benyo (NASA Glenn Research Center), Lawrence P. Forsley (Global Energy Corp.)
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Radioisotope-Enabled In-Ice RF Data Relay for a Europa Cryobot
Ralph Lorenz (Johns Hopkins APL), Kate Craft (Johns Hopkins APL), G. Wesley Patterson (Johns Hopkins APL), H. Brian Sequeira (Johns Hopkins APL), Robert Stilwell (Johns Hopkins APL), Robert F. Coker (Johns Hopkins APL), Matt Walker (Planetary Science Institute)
Pulsed Plasma Rocket: Improving Space Capabilities with Novel Neutronics Controls
Steve D. Howe (Howe Industries), Troy Howe (Howe Industries), Nathan Blaylock (Howe Industries)
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts: Mission Studies by the NASA Glenn COMPASS Team
Steven R. Oleson (NASA Glenn Research Center), Geoffrey A. Landis (NASA Glenn Research Center)
ExtraSolar Object Sample Return Enabled by Ultra Power Dense EmberCore Radioisotope Electric Propulsion -- NIAC Phase I Study Summary
Christopher Morrison (USNC-Tech)
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