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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Technical Session|Radioisotope Power Systems
Tuesday, May 6, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Salon EF (Marriott)
Session Chair:
Colleen Van Lear (NASA Glenn Research Center)
Track Organizer:
Harold Gerrish (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
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Stirling Convertor Launch Vibration Modeling
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Brett N. Shapiro (Johns Hopkins Univ. APL), Dennis J. Duven (Johns Hopkins Univ. APL), Martin E. Fraeman (Johns Hopkins Univ. APL), David M. Reed (Johns Hopkins Univ. APL)
Paper
Development of System Identification Testing Method for Stirling Convertors
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Donguk Max Yang (NASA)
Efficient Computational Method for Three-Dimensional Thermally- and Electrically-Coupled Performance Prediction of GPHS-RTG
1:50–2:15PM CDT
Carter D. Gassler (Univ. Pittsburgh), Michael J. Durka (Univ. Pittsburgh), Natan P. Herzog (Univ. Pittsburgh), Matthew M. Barry (Univ. Pittsburgh)
Thermal/Fluidic Model of Heat and CO Transport in the Next-Generation RTG Under Storage Conditions
2:15–2:35PM CDT
Michael J. Durka (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jean-Pierre Fleurial (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
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