Nuclear Electric Propulsion and Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket

ECSPLORER: A Pre-Conceptual Design of an Electronuclear System for Space

1:30–1:50PM MDT

F. Bertrand (CEA), J.B. Droin (CEA), M. Charlier (CEA), T. Daulle (CEA), Y. Gorsse (CEA), A. Entringer (CEA), P. Allegre (CEA), A. Gerschenfeld (CEA), E. Proust (CEA), P. Bultel (CNES)

Design of a 10 MWth Heat Pipe-Cooled Reactor for Nuclear Electric Propulsion Applications

1:50–2:10PM MDT

Aaron She (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Nolan MacDonald (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Doug Grieson (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Wesley Deason (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Jeffrey Diebold (Advanced Cooling Technologies), Calin Tarau (Advanced Cooling Technologies)

Parametric Analysis of the Design Point for a Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket Fuel Element

2:10–2:30PM MDT

Joel Krakower (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), David Austin (Drexel Univ.), Dhruv Shah (Drexel Univ.), Yanni Tsetsekos (Drexel Univ.)

Design and Performance Analysis of a Radial-Inflow Turbine for the Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket

2:30–2:50PM MDT

Joel Krakower (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)

Nuclear Electric Propulsion Flight Demonstrator Vehicle and Mission Concept

2:50–3:10PM MDT

Timothy Kokan (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Jacob Evans (Aerojet Rocketdyne), C. Russell Joyner II (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Daniel J. H. Levack (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Brian J. Muzek (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Rodney W. Noble (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Christopher B. Reynolds (Aerojet Rocketdyne)