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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|Fission Surface Power
Monday, May 5, 2025|3:15–4:55PM CDT|Atlantis/Discovery/Columbia (Marriott)
Session Chair:
Tyler Steiner (NASA Glenn Research Center)
Track Organizer:
Harold Gerrish (Marshall Space Flight Center)
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Mining Lunar Helium-3: The Financial Catalyst for Moon Mission
3:15–3:21PM CDT
C. Salvino (Univ. Arizona), D. DeJarnette (Lunar Helium-3 Mining, LLC), M. Momayez (Univ. Arizona)
Paper
Advancing International Collaboration in Space Nuclear Safety
3:21–3:27PM CDT
Matthew E. Granger (IAASS)
The Potential for Offloading of Fission Surface Power Systems to the Lunar Surface
3:27–3:33PM CDT
Jacob R. Martin (NASA Langley Research Center), Julia E. Cline (NASA Langley Research Center)
Closed Brayton Cycle Development and Demonstration for Lunar Fission Surface Power
3:33–3:39PM CDT
Erich Soendker (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Leslie Woodger (Aerojet Rocketdyne), David Hanks (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Noah Forsyth (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Don Carlson (Aerojet Rocketdyne)
Advances in Design and Multiphysics Analysis of Failsafe Heat Pipe Cooled Nuclear Reactor for Space and Surface Application
3:39–3:45PM CDT
Aanchal Gupta (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), R. Magdi Ragheb (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Rizwan-uddin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Shielding Design, Configurations, and Materials Considerations for Fission Surface Power
3:45–3:51PM CDT
Alexis Maldonado (LANL), Alex Levinsky (LANL), Keenan Hoffman (LANL)
Radiation Hardened Self-Calibrating Temperature Sensors
3:51–3:57PM CDT
N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL), Kyle Reed (ORNL), Daniel Sweeney (ORNL)
ECSPLORER, Electronuclear System for Space: Reactor Studies for Performance Optimization
3:57–4:02PM CDT
Malcie Charlier (CEA), Jean-Baptiste Droin (CEA), Martin Mascaron (CEA), Pierre Sciora (CEA), Frédéric Bertrand (CEA), François Lanzetta (Univ. Franche-Comté)
Deimos, an Advanced and Space Reactor Testbed
4:02–4:08PM CDT
Alexis Maldonado (LANL), Alex Levinsky (LANL)
Space Nuclear Reactor Radiation Monitor Development
4:08–4:14PM CDT
Suzanne Nowicki (LANL), Steve Wender (LANL), Alexis Maldonado (LANL), Kranti Gunthoti (LANL), Andrew Prince (LANL), Jesus Perello Izaguirre (LANL)
Engineered Ceramic Composite Moderators for Fission Surface Power Applications
4:14–4:20PM CDT
Jason R. Trelewicz (Stony Brook Univ.), Lance L. Snead (Stony Brook Univ.), David J. Sprouster (Stony Brook Univ.), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Key Post-irradiation Examination Results of Yttrium Hydrides as Irradiated at Us DOE Nuclear Test Reactor Infrastructure
4:20–4:26PM CDT
M. Nedim Cinbiz (ORNL)
Investigations on Capillary Flow and Liquid Entrainment Characteristics in Braided Wire Wick Structures
4:26–4:32PM CDT
Yohan Kim (Kyung Hee Univ.), Hyungdae Kim (Kyung Hee Univ.)
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