Nuclear Thermal Propulsion: Fuel

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)

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)