Nuclear Thermal Propulsion: Components and Technologies

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)

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)

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)