Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Talks: I

Effects of Microstructure on Hydrogen Retention in Metal Hydride Moderators

3:15–3:21PM CDT

Jianqi Xi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Hydrogen Corrosion Model of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Carbide Fuels

3:21–3:27PM CDT

Kai E. Duemmler (LANL), Christopher Matthews (LANL), Erofili Kardoulaki (LANL), Michael W. D. Cooper (LANL)

Global HTGR Effort and Supply Chain

3:27–3:33PM CDT

Peter Ewing (Colorado Nuclear Alliance)

Electrodeposition of a Protective Zirconium Coating on Uranium Nitride

3:33–3:39PM CDT

Jarom Chamberlain (LANL), Adrien Terricabras (LANL), Rami Batrice (LANL), Tim Coons (LANL), Marisa Monreal (LANL)

Effects of Hydrogen Environment Testing on Zirconium Carbide Material

3:39–3:45PM CDT

Scarlett Widgeon Paisner (LANL), Joseph C. Schaeperkoetter (LANL), Tyler J. Gerczak (ORNL), Matt Kurley (ORNL), Dylan Richardson (ORNL), Amanda Greenlaw (BWX Technologies), John Salasin (BWX Technologies), Sabrina McCoy (BWX Technologies), Sabyasachi Sen (Univ. California, Davis), Erofili Kardoulaki (LANL), Kenneth McClellan (LANL)

Advances in the Modeling and Simulation of NTPs Using OpenFOAM and OpenModelica

3:45–3:51PM CDT

Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Benjamin Stroup (TAMU), Zachary Hughes (TAMU), Thomas Guilbaud (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Giovanni Nervi (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Alessandro Scolaro (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)

Thermophysical Properties of Refractory Carbides as NTP Surrogate Fuel

3:51–3:57PM CDT

Alexander T. Nadermann (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jonas Kessing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Praveen Negi (Stony Brook Univ.), David Sprouster (Stony Brook Univ.), Lance Snead (Stony Brook Univ.), Steven J. Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Sintering Behavior and Homogeneity of Ti-Containing Tri-Carbides for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

3:57–4:03PM CDT

Ethan Payne (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Alex Nadermann (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sean Drewry (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Steven Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Design Activities of In-Situ Hydrogen Loops at MIT Reactor

4:03–4:09PM CDT

Patrick D. Riley (MIT), Nesrin O. Cetiner (MIT), David M. Carpenter (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)

High Temperature, Reactor Irradiation of Surrogate Coated Particle Fuel for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

4:09–4:15PM CDT

Brandon A. Wilson (ORNL), Emily N. Hutchins (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Eddie Lopez Honorato (ORNL), N. Dianne Ezell Bull (ORNL)

Nuclear Thermal Rocket Emulator for a Hardware in the Loop Testbed

4:15–4:21PM CDT

Brandon A. Wilson (ORNL), Wesley Williams (ORNL), Jono McConnell (ORNL), Craig Gray (ORNL), Charles Taylor (Louisiana State), N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL)

Progress Toward Transient System Modeling of the Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket

4:21–4:27PM CDT

Taylor Hampson (MIT), Gyutae Park (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)

Preliminary Investigation on UZrCN Formation via Hydrogen Cyanide Synthesis for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Applications

4:27–4:33PM CDT

James Zillinger (INL), Sarah Hamilton (INL)

Fabrication of Fuel Geometries via Fused Deposition Modeling 3D Printing and Spark Plasma Sintering for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Applications

4:33–4:39PM CDT

Nathaniel Cavanaugh (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Jie Lian (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

ZrC Insulators for Space Nuclear Propulsion

4:39–4:45PM CDT

Bryant Kanies (LANL), Maria Kosmidou (LANL), Joseph Schaeperkoetter (LANL), Miles Beaux (LANL), Scarlett Widgeon Paisner (LANL), Erofili Kardoulaki (LANL)