Fission Surface Power/Nuclear Electric Propulsion: Policy

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)

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)

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)

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)