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Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space 2023
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Monday, May 8, 2023

10:30AM–12:10PM MDT

NASA Mission Updates Panel

Panel|Twin Falls Room

Session Chair: Todd Tofil|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta

Fission Surface Power: Concepts

Boise Room

Session Chair: Kelsa B. Palomares|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta

Nuclear Thermal Propulsion: Components and Technologies

Idaho Falls Room

Session Chair: Harold Gerrish|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts

1:30–3:10PM MDT

Fission Surface Power Panel

Panel|Twin Falls Room

Session Chair: Sebastian C. Corbisiero|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta

Nuclear Safety

Idaho Falls Room

Session Chair: Michael C. Miller|Alternate Chair: Sebastian C. Corbisiero

Nuclear Electric Propulsion and Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket

Boise Room

Session Chair: Kurt Polzin

3:45–5:25PM MDT

Radioisotope Power Systems: Updates on Radioisotope Fuels

Idaho Falls Room

Session Chair: Christofer E. Whiting|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck

Lightning Talks: I

Boise Room

Session Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck|Alternate Chair: Katey E. Lenox

Nuclear Thermal Propulsion: Launch and Testing

Twin Falls Room

Session Chair: Michael G. Houts|Alternate Chair: Kurt Polzin


Tuesday, May 9, 2023

10:30AM–12:10PM MDT

Panel: DOD Mission Update

Panel|Twin Falls Room

Session Chair: Justin Coleman|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian C. Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta

Radioisotope Power Systems: Recent Developments in RPS

Idaho Falls Room

Session Chair: Jean-Pierre Fleurial|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck

Nuclear Thermal Propulsion: Multiphysics

Boise Room

Session Chair: Andrew L. Presby|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts

1:30–3:10PM MDT

Fission Surface Power: Design and Testing

Idaho Falls Room

Session Chair: Pattrick Calderoni|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta

Radioisotope Power Systems: Novel Applications of RPS

Boise Room

Session Chair: Chadwick D. Barklay|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck

Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Panel

Panel|Twin Falls Room

Session Chair: Michael G. Houts|Alternate Chairs: Kurt Polzin, Vedant K. Mehta

3:45–5:25PM MDT

Challenges to SNP Utilization

Idaho Falls Room

Session Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts

Lightning Talks: II

Boise Room

Session Chair: Katey E. Lenox|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck

Radioisotope Power Systems Panel

Panel|Twin Falls Room

Session Chair: Jean-Pierre Fleurial|Alternate Chairs: Austen D. Fradeneck, Vedant K. Mehta


Wednesday, May 10, 2023

10:30AM–12:10PM MDT

Fission Surface Power: Materials Modeling and Development

Boise Room

Session Chair: Aditya Shivprasad|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta

Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Modeling

Idaho Falls Room

Session Chair: David I. Poston|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts

Panel: Launch Approval and Licensing

Panel|Twin Falls Room

Session Chair: Robert C. O'Brien|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian C. Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta

1:30–3:10PM MDT

Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Assessments

Boise Room

Session Chair: Ethan Chaleff|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts

Panel: Technology Development -- Needs, Government Development, and Infrastructure

Panel|Twin Falls Room

Session Chair: Kurt Polzin|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian C. Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta

Radioisotope Power Systems: RPS Technology Development

Idaho Falls Room

Session Chair: Thierry Caillat|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck

3:45–5:25PM MDT

Fission Surface Power: Multiphysics

Boise Room

Session Chair: Lee S. Mason|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta

Propulsion: Materials and Testing

Idaho Falls Room

Session Chair: Robert C. O'Brien|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts

Panel: Staffing the Future

Panel|Twin Falls Room

Session Chair: Youssef A. Ballout|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian C. Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta

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