Poster Session

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)

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)