Fission Surface Power/Nuclear Electric Propulsion: Lightning Talks I

Thermal Testing Results of Clad Yttrium Hydride

10:00–10:06AM MDT

C.A. Kohnert (LANL), A.P. Shivprasad (LANL), M. Pate (LANL), E.P. Luther (LANL), H.R. Trellue (LANL), D. V. Rao (LANL)

Yttrium Hydride Moderator Cladding Fabrication

10:06–10:12AM MDT

Michal Pate (LANL), Erik Luther (LANL), Caitlin Kohnert (LANL), Aditya Shivprasad (LANL)

Hydrogen Transport in Yttrium Hydride Under Asymmetric Heat

10:12–10:18AM MDT

Hanns Gietl (INL), Chase N. Taylor (INL), M. Nedim Cinbiz (INL), Sebastian Corbisiero (INL)

Survivability Testing of Fused Silica Moderator Cladding

10:18–10:24AM MDT

Chase N. Taylor (INL), Aditya P. Shivprasad (LANL), H. Kris Woodbury (INL), Hanns Gietl (INL), Sebastian C. Corbisiero (INL)

Pelleting and Analysis of Mixed Ce/U Oxides for Space Applications

10:24–10:30AM MDT

Hywel Ragnauth (Univ. Manchester), Samira Bostanchi (Lucideon), Gareth Jones (Lucideon), David Pearmain (Lucideon), Mark Sarsfield (National Nuclear Laboratory), Tim Abram (Univ. Manchester), Robert Harrison (Univ. Manchester)

Electrodeposition of Zirconium on Uranium Nitride

10:30–10:36AM MDT

Jarom Chamberlain (LANL), Hannah Patenaude (LANL), Amanda Musgrove (LANL), Rami Batrice (LANL), Erofili Kardoulaki (LANL), Marisa Monreal (LANL), Tim Coons (LANL)

Thermal Diffusivity Measurements of NpO2-Al Cermets

10:36–10:42AM MDT

Victor Bautista (ORNL), Justin Griswold (ORNL), Chris Jensen (ORNL)

Modular CdZnTe Imaging Spectrometers for General Radiation Detection Applications in Space

10:42–10:48AM MDT

Michael Streicher (H3D), Willy Kaye (H3D), Feng Zhang (H3D), Jim Mason (H3D), Ryan Parsons (H3D), David Goodman (H3D), Daniel Shy (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory), Bernard Phlips (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

Direct In-Core Conversion Fission Reactor: Powering Space Exploration over the Kilowatt Horizon

10:48–10:54AM MDT

Oliver Jeffery (Univ. Leicester), Agostino Maurotto (Univ. Leicester), Richard M. Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester), Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Pierluigi Chiovaro (Universita di Palermo), Pietro Alessandro Di Maio (Universita di Palermo)

Assessment of Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP) Concepts and Development of a NEP Roadmap for Europe

10:54–11:00AM MDT

Pablo Rubiolo (Grenoble Institute of Technology), Nicolas Capellan (Grenoble Institute of Technology), Stefano Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano), Ricardo Boccelli (Politecnico di Milano), Andrea D'Octtavio (Thales Alenia Space), Angelica Peressotti (Thales Alenia Space), Federico Romei (OhmSpace), André Cuenca (Alcadia), Antonio Sauvage (Alcadia), Alessandra Barco (Univ. Leicester), Andreas Hein (Univ. Luxembourg), Adam Abdin (CentraleSupélec)

Development of an Advanced Power Conversion System for Next Generation Space Nuclear Applications

11:00–11:06AM MDT

Jon Ebacher (Rolls-Royce Corp.), Eric Maxeiner (Rolls-Royce North America), Neil Backus (Rolls-Royce Corp.)

A Strategy for Successful, Expeditious Development and In-Space Demonstration, as well as Continuing Growth, of Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP) Platforms for a wide Range of USSF, NASA, and Commercial Applications

11:06–11:12AM MDT

Joseph A. Sholtis (Sholtis Engineering & Safety Consulting)

Emerging High Temperature Sensors and Electronics for Future Lunar-Martian Reactors

11:12–11:18AM MDT

Robert Okojie (NASA Glenn Research Center), Philip Neudeck (NASA Glenn Research Center), Susan Wrbanek (NASA Glenn Research Center), John Wrbanek (NASA Glenn Research Center)

Presented by Tyler Steiner (NASA Glenn Research Center)