Fission Surface Power Talks

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)

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.)