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BREAKING NEWS: Trump issues executive orders to overhaul nuclear industry
The Trump administration issued four executive orders today aimed at boosting domestic nuclear deployment ahead of significant growth in projected energy demand in the coming decades.
During a live signing in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump called nuclear “a hot industry,” adding, “It’s a brilliant industry. [But] you’ve got to do it right. It’s become very safe and environmental.”
Technical Session|Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|1:00–2:40PM MDT|Coronado/DeVargas
Session Chair:
Katey Lenox
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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)
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