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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Aalo Atomics discusses the road ahead
Arafat
Yasir Arafat, president and chief technology officer of Aalo Atomics, participated in the first day of sessions at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s annual Regulatory Information Conference (RIC). There, he recapped some of the company’s recent milestones and revealed new details on what lies ahead for Aalo.
His attendance at the event coincided with a number of announcements in the past two weeks. Those announcements covered new contracts with Global Nuclear Fuel and Baker Hughes, the release of a new strategic roadmap, the completion of fuel enrichment by Urenco USA, and a new approval from the Department of Energy.
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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