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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DOE selects first companies for nuclear launch pad
The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center have announced their first selections for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad: three companies developing microreactors and one developing fuel supply.
The four companies—Deployable Energy, General Matter, NuCube Energy, and Radiant Industries—were selected from the initial pool of Reactor Pilot Program and Fuel Line Pilot Program applicants, the two precursor programs to the launch pad.
Technical Session
Wednesday, May 11, 2022|10:30AM–12:30PM EDT|Vanda
Session Chair:
Emily Jane Watkinson (University of Leicester)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Scott Wilson (NASA)
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Design and Development of the ESA Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator
Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Richard Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester), Alessandra Barco (Univ. Leicester), Emily Jane Watkinson (Univ. Leicester), Hugo Williams (Univ. Leicester), Tony Crawford (Univ. Leicester), Christopher Bicknell (Univ. Leicester), Keith Stephenson (European Space Agency)
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Sunpower Robust Stirling Converter (SRSC) Phase III Overview
John Stanley (Sunpower), Josh Collins (Sunpower), Gary Wood (Sunpower)
Turbo-Brayton Converter for Radioisotope Power Systems
Jeffrey J. Breedlove (Creare), Thomas M. Conboy (Creare), Mark V. Zagarola (Creare)
Maturation of Dynamic Power Convertors for RPS Robotic Space Exploration
Scott Wilson (NASA Glenn Research Center), Nicholas Schifer (NASA Glenn Research Center), Daniel Goodell (NASA Glenn Research Center)
Comparative Analysis of Thermal Conversion Technologies for Deep Space Missions
Parisa M. Mirdamadi (Universities Space Research Foundation), Sabah K. Bux (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Laura J. Evans (NASA Glenn Research Center)
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