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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
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)
Paper
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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