Lightning Talks: I

Development of Radiological Material Capabilities with Spark Plasma Sintering for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

3:45–3:50PM MDT

Brandon Shaver (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Steven Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Exploring Sol-gel Methods for Producing Surrogate Radioisotope Fuels

3:50–3:55PM MDT

Emily Jane Watkinson (Univ. Leicester), C. Lakin (Univ. Leicester), M. Bromley (Lancaster Univ.), R. Wilbraham (Lancaster Univ.), Richard Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester)

Fission Surface Power 250 kWth Nuclear Reactor Simple Lithium Hydride/Tungsten Shield

3:55–4:00PM MDT

Alexis Maldonado (LANL)

Optimization of Neptunium-237 Modified Direct Denitration Production via Principal Component Analysis

4:00–4:05PM MDT

Connor J. Parker (ORNL), Kathryn M. Peruski (ORNL), Samantha K. Cary (ORNL)

Homogeneity Study of ZrC, NbC, and TaC Binary Carbide Fuels for the Application of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

4:05–4:10PM MDT

Alex T. Nadermann (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jonas R. Kessing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Brandon Shaver (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Justin Milner (NASA Glenn Research Center), Kelsa Palomores (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Steven J. Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Integral Neutron and Gamma Shield Material

4:10–4:15PM MDT

Candice Kinsler-Fedon (MillenniTEK), Larry Townsend (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), David Blanchard (PNNL), Drew Spradling (MillenniTEK)

Atomic Alchemy Inc.'s Non-Power Production and Utilization Facility

4:15–4:20PM MDT

Thomas Eiden (Atomic Alchemy)

Challenges Facing our Space Nuclear Future

4:20–4:25PM MDT

Sara M. Sanders (Lockheed Martin Space)

Critical Experiments for Space Reactors

4:25–4:30PM MDT

Holly Trellue (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Erik Luther (LANL), Rene Sanchez (LANL)

Optical Spectroscopy and Online Monitoring for the Plutonium-238 Supply Program

4:30–4:35PM MDT

Luke R. Sadergaski (ORNL), Hunter B. Andrews (ORNL), Tom D. Hylton (ORNL), Laetitia H. Delmau (ORNL), Adam J. Parkison (ORNL)

Multivariate Chemometrics and Spectrophotometry for the Quantification of Aqueous Neptunium Processing Streams for the Plutonium-238 Supply Program

4:35–4:40PM MDT

Hunter B. Andrews (ORNL), Luke R. Sadergaski (ORNL)

Non-Nuclear Instrumentation and Controls Demonstration Test Facility

4:40–4:45PM MDT

N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL), Brandon Wilson (ORNL), Wesley Williams (ORNL)

Commercially Available Yttrium and Zirconium Hydrides

4:45–4:50PM MDT

Gavin Garside (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Kurt Terrani (Ultra Safe Nuclear)

Subtleties in the Impacts of NTP Conditions Based on Fuel Element Power Peaking During Operation

4:50–4:55PM MDT

Vishal Patel (Ultra Safe Nuclear)

Design Options to Address Submersion Incident Criticality LEU NTP Core

4:55–5:00PM MDT

Michael Moore (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Steven Hoak (MIT)

Safety Studies for the ESA Radioisotope Power Systems

5:00–5:05PM MDT

Alessandra Barco (Univ. Leicester), Richard M. Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester), Hannah Sargeant (Univ. Leicester), Frédéric Lattwein (ArianeGroup), Christophe Fongarland (ESA/ESTEC)

Subscale Maturation of Advanced Ultra-High Temperature Reactor Technologies

5:05–5:10PM MDT

Tony S. Hill (Starr Nuclear)

Use of an Americium-Based Dynamic Radioisotope Power System (DRPS) for a Long Duration Lunar Science Rover

5:10–5:15PM MDT

Steven Oleson (NASA Glenn Research Center), Paul Schmitz (Power Computing Solutions), Richard M. Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester), Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Alessandra Barco (Univ. Leicester), Emily Jane Watkinson (Univ. Leicester), Elizabeth Turnbull (NASA Glenn Research Center)

An Instrumented System to Study High Pressure-Composition-Temperature Phase Relations

5:15–5:20PM MDT

A.P. Shivprasad (LANL), M.A. Torrez (LANL), J.R. Torres (LANL), T.S. Smith (LANL), C.A. Kohnert (LANL), T.A. Saleh (LANL)

Advanced Moderator Cladding Development

5:20–5:25PM MDT

A.P. Shivprasad (LANL), C.A. Kohnert (LANL), E.P. Luther (LANL), D.V. Rao (LANL)

Theory and Design of the Fusion Accelerating Spacecraft

5:25–5:30PM MDT

Ryan A. Revolinsky (Univ. Michigan), Elijah J. Wilson (Univ. Michigan), Adam N. Brusstar (Univ. Michigan), Tim DeFranco (Univ. Michigan), Dean R. Price (Univ. Michigan), Joseph Lorenzetti (Univ. Michigan)

Design of an Irradiation Facility at MITR to Demonstrate NTP Operation Sequence

5:30–5:35PM MDT

Nesrin Cetiner (MIT), Gyutae Park (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Lance Snead (MIT), David Carpenter (MIT), Gordon Kohse (MIT)