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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Going Nuclear: Notes from the officially unofficial book tour
I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
Technical Session|Radioisotope Power Systems
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|3:15–4:55PM MDT|Sweeney A
Session Chair:
Duane Barber
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SiGe RTG Unicouple Testing Capabilities
3:15–3:40PM MDT
Eric Poliquin (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Kevin Smith (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
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Assessment of Space Radiation Influence on Bi2Te3-based Thermoelectric Generator Embedded in a Korean Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG)
3:40–4:05PM MDT
Sunjin Kim (KAERI), Jong-Bum Kim (KAERI), Kwang-Jae Son (KAERI), Jin-Joo Kim (KAERI), Jin Kim (KAERI), Yongrok Jeong (KAERI), Jintae Hong (KAERI)
Pulse-Reverse Plating of Nanocomposite Diffusion Barrier Coatings for Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators
4:05–4:30PM MDT
Hannah Hilton-Tapp (Univ. Leicester), Jayan Patel (Univ. Leicester), David Weston (Univ. Leicester), Karl Ryder (Univ. Leicester), Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester)
Recent Advancements in the Development, Manufacturability and Lifetime Testing of GPHS Heritage-like SiGe Unicouples Using SiGe and SiMo Materials Prepared by Spark Plasma Synthesis
4:30–4:55PM MDT
Jonathan Pierce (Johns Hopkins APL), Jake Ballard (Johns Hopkins APL), Richard Ung (Johns Hopkins APL), Tim Holgate (Johns Hopkins APL), Rasdip Singh (Soal Technologies), Mousumi Mitra (Univ. Virginia), Scott Misture (Alfred Univ.), Joseph Poon (Univ. Virginia), Timothy Erickson (Johns Hopkins APL), Paul Ostdiek (Johns Hopkins APL), Rama Venkatasubramanian (Johns Hopkins APL)
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