Lightning Talks: II

Justification for Proposed Resurrection of the Step 0 GPHS Module for Interstellar Probe

3:45–3:50PM MDT

Yale Chang (Johns Hopkins APL)

Zirconium Carbide Coated Uranium Nitride TRISO Particle Production

3:50–3:55PM MDT

Brian Ade (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Brian Jolly (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Michael Trammel (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Barry Spencer (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Kurt Terrani (Ultra Safe Nuclear)

MMRTG Performance Update -- 2023

3:55–4:00PM MDT

Christofer E. Whiting (Univ. Dayton)

Autonomous Melting Probe for Icy Planets

4:00–4:05PM MDT

Brett Leitherer (Advanced Cooling Technologies), Calin Tarau (Advanced Cooling Technologies), Kuan-Lin Lee (Advanced Cooling Technologies), Srujan Rokkam (Advanced Cooling Technologies), Tyler Spinello (Advanced Cooling Technologies)

Refractory Carbides for Hydrogen Erosion Resistance in Carbon Tubes for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

4:05–4:10PM MDT

William C. Tucker (NASA Ames Research Center), Charles W. Bauschlicher Jr. (NASA Ames Research Center), Jaehyun Cho (NASA Ames Research Center), Justin B. Haskins (NASA Ames Research Center)

ZrC Chemical Vapor Deposition Capabilities at Ultra Safe Nuclear

4:10–4:15PM MDT

Neal Gaffin (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Tom Crotzer (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Brian Ade (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Brain Jolly (Ultra Safe Nuclear)

Sintering Behaviors of ZrC, NbC, and TaC as a Fuel for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

4:15–4:20PM MDT

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

Thermal Arrest Capability Development to Study Phase Transformations in High Temperature Materials

4:20–4:25PM MDT

Erofili Kardoulaki (LANL), Darrin Byler (LANL), Rubens Ingraci Neto (LANL), Kenneth McClellan (LANL)

NTP Fuel Manufacturing at Ultra Safe Nuclear

4:25–4:30PM MDT

Brian Ade (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Tom Crotzer (Ultra Safe Nuclear)

Space Nuclear Launch Safety Transport and Consequence Tools

4:30–4:35PM MDT

Daniel J. Clayton (Sandia)

Water Solubility of Candidate Radioisotopes for Space RPS Systems

4:35–4:40PM MDT

Chadwick Barklay (Univ. Dayton Research Institute), Christofer Whiting (Univ. Dayton Research Institute), Jacob Matthews (Zeno Power Systems), Olivera Zivkovic (Zeno Power Systems), Alex Gilbert (Zeno Power Systems)

Additive Manufacturing of Zirconium Carbide for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

4:40–4:45PM MDT

Brian Ade (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Tom Hinklin (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Michael Trammel (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Kurt Terrani (Ultra Safe Nuclear)

ZrC Coated Particle Characterization and QA/QC for the SNP Project

4:45–4:50PM MDT

Tyler J. Gerczak (ORNL), Eddie Lopez-Honorato (ORNL), Will F. Cureton (ORNL), Ryan S. Heldt (ORNL), Grant W. Helmreich (ORNL), Chris A. Hobbs (ORNL), Peter J. Doyle (ORNL), Katherine I. Montoya (ORNL), John D. Hunn (ORNL)

Additional Isotopes -- Mission Enabling Technologies for Space

4:50–4:55PM MDT

J.R. Matthews (Zeno Power Systems), A.Q. Gilbert (Zeno Power Systems), J.R. Wiley (Zeno Power Systems)

NIAC Phase I: EmberCore Flashlight: Long Distance Lunar Characterization with Intense Passive X- and Gamma-ray Source

4:55–5:00PM MDT

Christopher Morrison (Ultra Safe Nuclear)

Radiation Fields and Safety Zones for Nuclear Systems on the Lunar Surface

5:00–5:05PM MDT

Alexander Q. Gilbert (Zeno Power Systems)

EmberCore Radioisotope Electric Propulsion for High Delta-V Missions to the Outer Solar System

5:05–5:10PM MDT

Christopher Morrison (Ultra Safe Nuclear)

Fabrication and Assembly of the NASA Sirius Series of Experiments for TREAT Irradiation

5:10–5:15PM MDT

Nathan D. Jerred (INL), Randy Scott (INL), Sarah Hamilton (INL), James Zillinger (INL), Jhonathan Rosales (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Dustin Hill (BWX Technologies), Justin Lower (INL), Nicolas Woolstenhulme (INL), Cindy Fife (INL), Caysie Marshall (INL), Doug Dempsey (INL), Robert C. O'Brien (INL), Doug Burns (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)

On the Qualification Process of a Vendor for the Chopping of Precursor Fiber for the Production of Carbon Bonded Carbon Fiber Insulation

5:15–5:20PM MDT

Nidia C. Gallego (ORNL), Rex Veach (ORNL), George Ulrich (ORNL)

Microstructure and Thermophysical Properties of Pyrolytic Graphite Produced by Surface Nucleation and Continuous Nucleation Methods

5:20–5:25PM MDT

Hsin Wang (ORNL), Frederic Vautard (ORNL), Glenn Romannoski (ORNL), George Ulrich (ORNL), Mikel Wilhelm (Minteq Int'l), Robert Wright (Minteq Int'l)

Closed-Loop Brayton Cycles for Micro-Reactor Power Conversion

5:25–5:30PM MDT

John Mason (Rolls-Royce)

Criticality and Performance of a Gas Core Nuclear Rocket

5:30–5:35PM MDT

Rittu Raju (Univ. Michigan), John E. Foster (Univ. Michigan)

Hot Hydrogen Testing of Nuclear Fuel Materials in the Compact Fuel Element Environmental Test (CFEET) Facility

5:35–5:40PM MDT

Jamelle K.P. Williams (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Arne Cröll (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville), Jhonathan Rosales (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Brian Taylor (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Martin Volz (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)