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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Deep Space: The new frontier of radiation controls
In commercial nuclear power, there has always been a deliberate tension between the regulator and the utility owner. The regulator fundamentally exists to protect the worker, and the utility, to make a profit. It is a win-win balance.
From the U.S. nuclear industry has emerged a brilliantly successful occupational nuclear safety record—largely the result of an ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) process that has driven exposure rates down to what only a decade ago would have been considered unthinkable. In the U.S. nuclear industry, the system has accomplished an excellent, nearly seamless process that succeeds to the benefit of both employee and utility owner.
Technical Session
Wednesday, May 10, 2023|1:30–3:10PM MDT|Idaho Falls Room
Session Chair:
Thierry Caillat
Alternate Chair:
Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Organizer:
Sebastian C. Corbisiero
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Ice-Mining on the Moon with Radioisotope Power Systems
1:30–1:50PM MDT
Hannah M. Sargeant (Univ. Leicester), Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Emily Jane Watkinson (Univ. Leicester), Alessandra Barco (Univ. Leicester), Richard M. Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester), Leo Gard (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Larry Trager (Aeroject Rocketdyne), Bert Lara (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Erik Scougal (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Tim Tinsley (Univ. Leicester)
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A Study on Effect of Tuning Capacitor in Dynamic Radioisotope Power Systems
1:50–2:10PM MDT
Donguk Max Yang (NASA Glenn Research Center), Nicholas A. Schifer (NASA Glenn Research Center), Tyler R. Steiner (NASA Glenn Research Center), Matthew D. Stang (NASA Glenn Research Center)
Long-Term Testing of Spark Plasma Sintered Silicon Germanium Unicouples
2:10–2:30PM MDT
Tim C. Holgate (Johns Hopkins APL), Jonathan Pierce (Johns Hopkins APL), Richard Ung (Johns Hopkins APL), Jake Ballard (Johns Hopkins APL), Meiyong Himmtann (Johns Hopkins APL), Rasdip Singh (SOAL Technologies), Jeffrey Hagler (NCSU), Phil Barletta (NCSU), Tim Erickson (Johns Hopkins APL), Paul Ostdiek (Johns Hopkins APL), Rama Venkatasubramanian (Johns Hopkins APL)
Revised Estimates for Dragonfly MMRTG Neutron Spectrum and Effects
2:30–2:50PM MDT
Teyen Widdicombe (Center for Space Nuclear Research), Berenice Sosa-Aispuro (Center for Space Nuclear Research), J. S. Herring (Center for Space Nuclear Research)
Calculation of Space Radiation Exposure on Bi2Te3-Based Thermoelectric Generator
2:50–3:10PM MDT
Sunjin Kim (KAERI), Jong-Bum Kim (KAERI), Kwang-Jae Son (KAERI), Jin-Joo Kim (KAERI), Jin Kim (KAERI), Jintae Hong (KAERI)
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