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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Hanford contractor settles fraud suit for $3.45M
Hanford Site services contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) has agreed to pay the Department of Justice $3.45 million as part of a settlement agreement resolving allegations that HMIS overcharged the Department of Energy for millions of dollars in labor hours at the nuclear site in Washington state.
Technical Session|Technology Research and Development
Wednesday, April 29, 2026|10:10–11:30AM EDT|Room 302/303/304
Session Chair:
June F. Zakrajsek (The Aerospace Corporation)
Alternate Chair:
Tyler Steiner (NASA GRC)
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Americium Radioisotope Power Systems: European Program and International Collaboration
10:10–10:30AM EDT
Richard M. Ambrosi (Perpetual Atomics Ltd)
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NASA’s Radioisotope Power Systems Program: Status and Future Outlook
10:30–10:50AM EDT
Carl E. Sandifer (NASA John H. Glenn Research Center), David Frate (NASA GRC), Lauren Clayman (NASA John H. Glenn Research Center), Emily Hsu, Allen Guzik (NASA GRC), Kristin M. Jansen, Leah Sopko (NASA GRC), Colleen Van Lear (NASA), Christofer E. Whiting (NASA - Glenn Research Center), Ryan Edwards, Margaret Simon
AFRL Space Nuclear Research, Status, Accomplishments, Future Direction
10:50–11:10AM EDT
Randy Bell (The Aerospace Corporation)
Necessity of Continuing SiGe Thermoelectric Technology R&D and Robust Verification for Critical NASA Space Missions
11:10–11:30AM EDT
Rama Venkatasubramanian (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab), Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jonathan Pierce (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab), Timothy A. Erickson (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab), Artur Chmielewski (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Paul Ostdiek (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab)
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