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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Deep Isolation launches borehole disposal demonstration program
Nuclear waste technology company Deep Isolation Nuclear has launched a multiyear demonstration program of its deep borehole technology for disposing of nuclear waste. The full-scale, at-depth deep borehole demonstration program is being done in collaboration with Halliburton, Amentum, NAC International, and Occlusion Nuclear Solutions, along with the Deep Borehole Demonstration Center (DBDC).
Technical Session
Wednesday, May 11, 2022|4:00–6:00PM EDT|Orchid
Session Chair:
Kelsa B. Palomares (AMA)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Dayna Ise (NASA)
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Development of Multilayered Coatings for NERVA-Type Graphite Fuel Elements -- An Overview
S. V. Raj (NASA Glenn Research Center)
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High Temperature Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Cermet Fuel for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP)
James Mudd (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Jeremy Watts (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Jhonathan Rosales (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Ryan Wilkerson (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Brian Taylor (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Gregory Hilmas (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Joseph Graham (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Zirconium Carbide Circular Prismatic Core Geometries by Spark Plasma Sintering -- An Empirical Perspective
Caen Ang (USNC-Tech), Tom Hinklin (USNC-Core), Brandon Connor (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Cameron Hilliard (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sarah Yue (USNC-Tech), Tim Ironman (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ethan Chaleff (USNC-Tech), Gavin Garside (USNC-Core)
A System Design Process for NASA NTP Reactor Testing Reference Design Concepts
J. Gustafson (BWX Technologies), J. Monito (BWX Technologies), J. Witter (BWX Technologies)
Modeling of System Response to Faulted Operation of Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine
Jordan D. Rader (ORNL)
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