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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Deep geologic repository progress—2025 Update
Editor's note: This article has was originally published in November 2023. It has been updated with new information as of June 2025.
Outside my office, there is a display case filled with rock samples from all over the world. It contains a disk of translucent, orange salt from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M.; a core of white-and-bronze gneiss from the site of the future deep geologic repository in Eurajoki, Finland; several angular chunks of fine-grained, gray claystone from the underground research laboratory at Bure, France; and a piece of coarse-grained granite from the underground research tunnel in Daejeon, South Korea.
Technical Session|Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
Thursday, May 9, 2024|3:15–4:55PM MDT|Coronado/DeVargas
Session Chair:
Doug Burns
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Anti-Criticality Methods for Nuclear Thermal Rocket Launches and their Associated Assembly/Disassembly in Space
3:15–3:40PM MDT
Brandon Wilson (ORNL), Julia Cline (NASA Langley Research Center), Kaylin Borders (Cornell University), Pavel Shilenko (United States Military Academy), N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL)
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Range Safety Considerations for Reactor-Based Space Nuclear Systems
3:40–4:05PM MDT
A.P. Herbert (Lockheed Martin Space), B. Fisher (Lockheed Martin Space), M. Granger (Lockheed Martin Space), M. Blood (Lockheed Martin Space)
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Ground Testing with the High Pressure Real-Time (HPRT) Exhaust Processing System
4:05–4:30PM MDT
Lindsey Holmes (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Marcus Neely (Jacobs Space Exploration), Jim Rector (New Horizon 5), Ricky Sasmal (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.)
Hazards Analysis Frameworks for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Ground Testing
4:30–4:55PM MDT
Reed Herner (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Alexander Pingel (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Jaycie Hall (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Jim Werner (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Lindsey Holmes (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.)
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