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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|Panel|Space Nuclear Propulsion
Monday, May 5, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Atlantis/Discovery/Columbia (Marriott)
Session Chair:
Michael G. Houts
Session Organizer:
Track Organizer:
Harold Gerrish (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
Advanced space fission systems can help enable colonization of the solar system. Exciting options for advanced fission power and propulsion systems will be discussed, along with the opportunities they could provide.
Roger Lenard
Little Prairie Services LLC
Patrick McCLure
SpaceNukes
Dale Thomas
University of Alabama-Hunstville
Bhavya Lal
Professor at the RAND School of Public Policy
Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University
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