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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Senate EPW subcommittee weighs in on three nuclear energy bills
Proposed nuclear energy legislation with bipartisan support earned the attention of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Wednesday morning.
Subject-matter experts and the chief sponsors of the legislation shared details on three items at a hearing Wednesday before the EPW Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety: the Build Nuclear with Local Materials Act—introduced just last week—and discussion drafts of the Revitalizing Energy Communities by Hosting Advanced Reactors and Generating Energy (RECHARGE) Act and Enrichment Licensing Modernization Act.
Technical Session|Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|1:00–2:40PM MDT|Coronado/DeVargas
Session Chair:
Katey Lenox
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Mohamed El-Genk (University of New Mexico)
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Preliminary Study of Fission Product Effects in a Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket
1:00–1:25PM MDT
Mitchell Schroll (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville), Robert Frederick (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville), L. Dale Thomas (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville)
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NTP Fission Product Analysis with Axial Position, Temperature, and Time Dependence
1:25–1:50PM MDT
Reed Herner (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Adam Boylston (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Lindsey Holmes (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.)
Developing of 3D Model for Liquid-Gas System in Rotating Environment for Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
1:50–2:15PM MDT
Pongkrit Darakorn Na Ayuthya (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), Jason Cassibry (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)
Proposed Method of Calculating Bubble Formation for Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
2:15–2:40PM MDT
Timothy Blackman (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville), Robert Frederick (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville), L. Dale Thomas (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville)
