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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Launching into tomorrow: NRIC guides new era of research and deployment
In June 2025, the Department of Energy announced the Reactor Pilot Program, an authorization pathway that allowed reactor developers to partner with the DOE to get first-of-a-kind (FOAK) reactors built and tested. Soon after, the DOE rolled out a complementary Fuel Line Pilot Program, which aimed to fast-track fuel projects. In all, 20 projects were accepted into the new programs.
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)
