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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
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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