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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Grand Gulf’s early site permit renewal application on the docket
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has agreed to review an early site permit (ESP) renewal application submitted by Entergy last September for its Grand Gulf site in Mississippi, currently home to one 1,433-MWe boiling water reactor. The initial ESP for the site had been issued in 2007, following a 2003 application submittal.
Technical Session|Radioisotope Power Systems
Monday, May 5, 2025|3:15–4:55PM CDT|Salon EF (Marriott)
Session Chair:
Allen Guzik (NASA Glenn Research Center)
Track Organizer:
Harold Gerrish (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
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Conceptual Study of Thermal Design for WEB Based on the Korean Small RTG and Future Application Plans
3:15–3:40PM CDT
Sunjin Kim (KAERI), Hui-Kyung Kim (KARI), Jong-Bum Kim (KAERI), Kwang-Jae Son (KAERI), Jin-Joo Kim (KAERI), Jin Kim (KAERI), Yongrok Jeong (KAERI), Kilyoung Ko (KAERI), Dong Yong Rew (KASA), Jintae Hong (KAERI)
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AMBER: 241 Am Sources for Small Low-Power Satellite Applications
3:40–4:05PM CDT
Daniel Gadaleta (CSNR), Jackson C. Stahl (CSNR), Robert C. O'Brien (CSNR)
The Journey of Pulsar, Pu-238-Coupled Dynamic Power System for Space Exploration and Beyond
4:05–4:30PM CDT
Alessia Simonini (Tractebel Engineering), Nicolas Delannay (Tractebel Engineering), Beatriz Acevedo (SCK CEN), Jeremie Manaud (European Commission), Michel L. Schlegel (CEA), François Lanzetta (Univ. Franche-Comté), Dominique Vergnet (Airbus), Ana Fort (INCOTEC), Frederic Lattwein (Ariane Group), Brieuc Spindler (Tractebel Engineering)
An Integrated Satellite/Radioisotope Power System Concept for VLEO
4:30–4:55PM CDT
Chadwick Barklay (Univ. Dayton Research Institute), Simon Dawson (Optimum Technologies, Inc.), James Peterka (Optimum Technologies, Inc.), Christopher Venturella (Univ. Dayton Research Institute), Matthew Johnson (Univ. Dayton Research Institute)
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