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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Securing the advanced reactor fleet
Physical protection accounts for a significant portion of a nuclear power plant’s operational costs. As the U.S. moves toward smaller and safer advanced reactors, similar protection strategies could prove cost prohibitive. For tomorrow’s small modular reactors and microreactors, security costs must remain appropriate to the size of the reactor for economical operation.
Technical Session|Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
Tuesday, May 7, 2024|3:15–4:55PM MDT|Coronado/DeVargas
Session Chair:
Erofil Kardoulaki
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Scarlett W. Paisner
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Thermophysical Properties of a Uranium Nitride-Metal Composite Fuel for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
3:15–3:40PM MDT
J.C. Schaeperkoetter (LANL), S. Widgeon Paisner (LANL), J.T. White (LANL), E. Kardoulaki (LANL), T.P. Coons (LANL), D.D. Byler (LANL), J. Rosales (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), K.J. McClellan (LANL)
Paper
Addressing Localized Fuel Element Heating in a NERVA-Type HALEU Thermal NTP Design
3:40–4:05PM MDT
Steven Hoak (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
TRIPLE: A Coated Particle Fuel Performance Code and its Preliminary Application for NTP Fuel Simulation
4:05–4:30PM MDT
Jongho Park (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Initial Modeling of Three-Phase Fuel/Propellant Annulus Design for Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rockets
4:30–4:55PM MDT
Dakota Santana (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), Keith Hollingsworth (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)
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