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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DTRA’s advancements in nuclear and radiological detection
A new, more complex nuclear age has begun. Echoing the tensions of the Cold War amid rapidly evolving nuclear and radiological threats, preparedness in the modern age is a contest of scientific innovation. The Research and Development Directorate (RD) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is charged with winning this contest.
Technical Session|Space Nuclear Propulsion
Monday, May 5, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|SPOC B (Space & Rocket Center)
Session Chair:
Jason Cassibry (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)
Track Organizer:
Harold Gerrish (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
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Preliminary Study of Fission Product Entrainment Impact on a Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Mitchell Schroll (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville), Robert Frederick Jr. (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville), L. Dale Thomas (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville)
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Hydrogen Flow and Heat Transfer Enhancements for the Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Bahram Nassersharif (Univ. Rhode Island), Joel Aubin (Univ. Rhode Island), Nicholas Caito (Univ. Rhode Island), Nicholas Colavecchio (Univ. Rhode Island), Nicholas DeFranzo (Univ. Rhode Island)
Design and Analysis of an Internal Gas Turbine for the Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket (CNTR)
1:50–2:15PM CDT
Bahram Nassersharif (Univ. Rhode Island), Andrik Puentes (Univ. Rhode Island), Lucas Murphy (Univ. Rhode Island), Mycarthy Newton (Univ. Rhode Island), Michael Kenney (Univ. Rhode Island), Shamar Morgan (Univ. Rhode Island)
Simulating Flow and Heat Transfer Properties of Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor
2:15–2:40PM CDT
Joshua Naudet (Ohio State), Spencer Christian (Ohio State), Calvin Chandler (Ohio State)
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