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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
Standards Program
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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Technical Session|Poster Session
Thursday, May 9, 2024|11:40AM–1:00PM MDT|Sweeney CDE
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Holly R. Trellue
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Mission Opportunities Enabled by Americium-Fuelled Radioisotope Power Systems
Hannah Sargeant (Univ. Leicester), Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Alessandra Barco (Univ. Leicester), Emily Jane Watkinson (Univ. Leicester), Richard Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester)
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The Americium Radioisotope Heater Unit
Richard M. Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester), Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Alessandra Barco (Univ. Leicester), Tony Crawford (Univ. Leicester), Chris Bicknell (Univ. Leicester), Gareth Bustin (Univ. Leicester), Emily Jane Watkinson (Univ. Leicester), Hannah Sargeant (Univ. Leicester), Tim Tinsley (National Nuclear Laboratory), Rebecca Sanderson (National Nuclear Laboratory), Mark Sarsfield (National Nuclear Laboratory), Nick Hanigan (National Nuclear Laboratory), Pierre Coquay (European Space Agency), Christophe Fongarland (European Space Agency), Piers Slater (Reef Global)
Understanding Material and Fabrication Variables Affecting the Structure and Performance of Platinum Frit Vents for the Light Weight Radioisotope Heater Unit
Joe OBryant (ORNL), Greg Cox (ORNL), Jose Arregui Mena (ORNL), Kenneth Rex Veach (ORNL), Glenn Romanoski (ORNL), Roger Miller (ORNL)
Very Low Power Locomotion System for Small Radioisotope Powered Robotic Lunar Landers
Kris Bell (Univ. Leicester), Nathan L. Carstens (Univ. Leicester), James M. Critchley (Univ. Leicester), Suzanna J. Cronk (Univ. Leicester), Monica Peeris (Univ. Leicester), Isaac J. M. Waton (Univ. Leicester), Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Richard M. Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester)
Quantifying Mark Watney's Radiation Dose from a Plutonium-238 Radioisotope Power System in the Martian
Alexander Q. Gilbert (Colorado School of Mines)
Quantitative Particle Analysis of Neptunium-237 Oxides from a Production Environment
Connor J. Parker (ORNL), Kathryn M. Peruski (ORNL), Samantha K. Cary (ORNL)
Elucidation of Thermal Decomposition Mechanisms of Neptunyl Ammonium Nitrate for Neptunium Dioxide Target Production
Kathryn M. Peruski (ORNL), Connor J. Parker (ORNL)
Progress in Fabrication of Silicon Germanium Unicouples
Billy Li (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Keith Billings (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Matthew Dickie (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Vilupanur A. Ravi (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Analysis of Thrust Level Effect on Nuclear Electric Propulsion Mission Trajectory and Spacecraft Mass for Jupiter Rendezvous
Monica A. Salunkhe (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), Kunning G. Xu (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), L. Dale Thomas (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)
Optimization Considerations for Annular Linear Electromagnetic Pumps for Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion
John E. Foster (Univ. Michigan)
High Temperature Fuel Element Thermal Testing for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Applications
Jonas Opperman (General Atomics), Hesham Khalifa (General Atomics), Robert Schleicher (General Atomics), Gerald Lilienthal (General Atomics)
Radiation Resistance Evaluation of Carbon Nanocomposites Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Fuyue Li (Georgia Tech), Mary Woodrough (Georgia Tech), Chaitanya Deo (Georgia Tech)
Effect of Alloy Composition and Processing on the Microstructure of Iridium Alloys
G. Muralidharan (ORNL), G. R. Romanoski (ORNL)
Cross-Section Generation for Modeling Polyethylene Composites in HZETRN
Mary Woodrough (Georgia Tech), Fuyue Li (Georgia Tech), Chaitanya Deo (Georgia Tech)
Intermediate to High Strain Rate Tensile Testing of DOP-26 Iridium Alloy
Yanli Wang (ORNL), Charles Hawkins (ORNL), Roger G. Miller (ORNL), Glenn R. Romanoski (ORNL)
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