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Regulatory Readiness Level (RRL) as a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) Parallel for Gauging Holistic Technology Maturity for Space Nuclear Technology

1:00–1:25PM MDT

Christopher Morrison (Independent Researcher)

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Expanding the Price-Anderson Act (PAA) to Cover Private Sector Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion (SNPP)

1:25–1:50PM MDT

Clarence H. Tolliver (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman), Sidney L. Fowler (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman), Jeffrey S. Merrifield (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman)

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Roles of Nuclear Electric Propulsion and Nuclear Thermal Propulsion in Cislunar Space

1:50–2:15PM MDT

Robert Schleicher (General Atomics), Christina Back (General Atomics), Gregory Burgess (General Atomics)

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NASA's Interest in Radiation Tolerance and Requirements of Candidate Technologies for Fission Surface Power and Further Relevance to Dynamic Radioisotope Power Systems

2:15–2:40PM MDT

Tyler R. Steiner (NASA Glenn Research Center), Robert J. Bruckner (NASA Glenn Research Center), Scott D. Wilson (NASA Glenn Research Center)

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