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Materials Science & Technology
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NWMO chooses vendors for Canadian repository
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization has selected five companies it is to work with to design and plan the organization’s proposed deep geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel. As the owner of the project, the NWMO will be working with WSP Canada, Peter Kiewit Sons (Kiewit), Hatch Ltd., Thyssen Mining Construction of Canada, and Kinectrics.
Technical Session|Fission Surface Power
Monday, May 5, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Atlantis/Discovery/Columbia (Marriott)
Session Chair:
Mark Lefebvre (NASA Glenn Research Center)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Robert Okojie (NASA Glenn Research Center)
Track Organizer:
Harold Gerrish (Marshall Space Flight Center)
Space fission power systems will require development of novel materials and manufacturing techniques to withstand the harsh combined space and radiation environment. This technical session will offer insight into several recent activities relating to the analysis and development of advanced manufacturing techniques as well as discussions of the challenges facing neutron moderator materials in space.
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Optimizing Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Hydrides Using Cellulose-Based Hydrogels for Advanced Reactor Applications
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Timothy F. DeFranco (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Kevin G. Field (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Paper
The Difficulties of Using a Neutron Moderator in Space Reactors
1:25–1:50PM CDT
David I. Poston (Space Nuclear Power Corp.)
Experimental Analysis of Radiation Shielding Performance of Sintered, Cast, and 3D-Printed Lunar Regolith for Space Applications
1:50–2:15PM CDT
Joshua Gogolski (Pajarito Scientific Co.)
Fabrication of Inconel 718-CNT Composites for Structural Nuclear Applications
2:15–2:40PM CDT
Matthew J. Lynch (Univ. Michigan), Mirza A. Shawon (Stony Brook Univ.), Jason R. Trelewicz (Stony Brook Univ.), Kevin G. Field (Univ. Michigan)
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