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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Jefferson Lab awarded $8M for accelerator technology to enable transmutation
The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is leading research supported by two Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) grants aimed at developing accelerator technology to enable nuclear waste recycling, decreasing the half-life of spent nuclear fuel.
Both grants, totaling $8.17 million in combined funding, were awarded through the Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) program, which aims to enable the transmutation of nuclear fuels by funding novel technologies for improving the performance of particle generation systems.
Technical Session
Monday, May 9, 2022|1:30–3:30PM EDT|Vanda
Session Chair:
Dayna Ise (NASA)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Kelsa B. Palomares
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NERVA's "Keep It Simple" System-Level Reliability Model
Samantha B. Rawlins (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), L. Dale Thomas (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)
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Development of Integrated NTP Mission Model for Planetary Science Missions
Saroj Kumar (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), L. Dale Thomas (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), Jason T. Cassibry (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Turbomachinery Modeling
Dennis Nikitaev (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Corey D. Smith (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Kelsa Palomares (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.)
Preliminary Feasibility Study of Electric Pump Fed Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
Alexander Aueron (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), L. Dale Thomas (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)
Extension of the pyIsoDep Code for Thermal Hydraulic Dependent Decay Heat and Depletion Analysis of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactors
Matt Krecicki (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
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