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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Researchers use one-of-a-kind expertise and capabilities to test fuels of tomorrow
At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
Technical Session
Monday, May 8, 2023|10:30AM–12:10PM MDT|Boise Room
Session Chair:
Kelsa B. Palomares
Alternate Chair:
Vedant Mehta
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Rolls-Royce Space Micro Nuclear Programme
10:30–10:50AM MDT
Jonathan Adams (Rolls-Royce)
Key Technologies for Korean Space Heat Pipe Reactor
10:50–11:10AM MDT
Chan Soo Kim (KAERI), Sung Nam Lee (KAERI), Byung Ha Park (KAERI), Sung Hoon Choi (KAERI), Sooseok Yang (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
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From the Moon to Mars and the Future for Space Nuclear
11:10–11:30AM MDT
Mikaela Blood (Lockheed Martin Space), Matthew Granger (Lockheed Martin Space), Barbara Fisher (Lockheed Martin Space), Timothy Cichan (Lockheed Martin Space), Nathan Kuehl (Lockheed Martin Space)
Heat Rejection Systems for Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft
11:30–11:50AM MDT
Adon Delgado Jr. (Aerospace Corp.), Matthew Harrison (Aerospace Corp.), Abdiel Agramonte-Moreno (Aerospace Corp.), John P. McHale (Aerospace Corp.)
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