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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC v. Texas: Supreme Court weighs challenge to NRC authority in spent fuel storage case
The State of Texas has not one but two ongoing federal court challenges to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that could, if successful, turn decades of NRC regulations, precedent, and case law on its head.
Technical Session
Monday, May 8, 2023|10:30AM–12:10PM MDT|Idaho Falls Room
Session Chair:
Harold Gerrish
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Michael G. Houts
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The Challenges with Material Interfaces in a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engine Heat Exchanger
10:30–10:50AM MDT
Sarah L. Langston (NASA Langley Research Center), Carl C. Poteet (NASA Langley Research Center), Julia E. Cline (NASA Langley Research Center)
Paper
NTP Prototype Risk Reduction Using Derivative RL10 Components
10:50–11:10AM MDT
C. Russell Joyner II (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Federico Aguilar (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Joaquin Castro (Aerojet Rocketdyne), David Hanks (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Daniel J.H. Levack (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Chloe McBride (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Mark Ricciardo (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Brandon Villena (Aerojet Rocketdyne)
Attachment
Hybrid Temperature-Reactivity PID Controllers for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Startup
11:10–11:30AM MDT
Vincent M. Laboure (INL), Stefano Terlizzi (INL), Sebastian Schunert (INL)
Carbide Coated Carbon-Carbon Heat Exchange Tubes for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Fuel Assembly
11:30–11:50AM MDT
Julia Cline (NASA Langley Research Center), Carl Poteet (NASA Langley Research Center), Benjamin Kowalski (NASA Glenn Research Center), Nathan Jacobson (NASA Glenn Research Center/HX5), Rafael Gonzalez (Kratos SRE)
Low-Cost, Modular High-Temperature Irradiation Testbed for NTP Material Testing
11:50AM–12:10PM MDT
Emily Hutchins (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Lawrence Heilbronn (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Brandon Wilson (ORNL), N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL)
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