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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|Architectures, Missions, and Use Cases
Wednesday, April 29, 2026|1:00–2:00PM EDT|Room 306
Session Chair:
Patrick Frye (Blue Origin)
Alternate Chair:
Leonard A. Dudzinski (NASA Headquarters)
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Point Design for a Nuclear Electric Propulsion Flagship Mission to Uranus
1:00–1:06PM EDT
Sean Greenhalge (Analytical Mechanics Associates), Matthew Duchek, Corey D. Smith (Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA)), Christopher Harnack, William S. Machemer, Emanuel Grella (Analytical Mechanics Associates), Annabella Shaffer (Analytical Mechanics Associates)
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Reactor Decision Assessment Platform (ReDAP)
1:06–1:12PM EDT
Stephanie Andino (Noblis, Inc.), Ben Miller (Noblis)
The Radsetta Stone – Establishing a Common Environment Taxonomy Across Space Nuclear Technologies
1:12–1:18PM EDT
Tyler Steiner (NASA GRC), Jarvis A. Caffrey (NASA - MSFC), N. Dianne B. Ezell (Idaho National Laboratory)
Human Precursor Missions – Mars Surface Environments Measurements
1:18–1:24PM EDT
Vladimir Jovovic (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), Erik Brandon (JPL), Eric Poliquin (JPL), Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Michael J. Durka (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Andy Etters (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Young H. Lee, Michael Fifield (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Mark Ivanov (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jorge Quintas Del Campo (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Ravi Prakash (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Larry Matthies (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Michael Mischna (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Manuel De La Torre Juarez (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Maneuvering Without Regret: The Effective Specific Impulse of the Hybrid Propulsion Engine and Reactor Impulse for Orbital Navigation
1:24–1:30PM EDT
Logan R. Horner (Center for Space Nuclear Research), Devin Boggs (Young Members Group), John Stanek, Abigail Hogue, Daniel Gadaleta, Robert C. O'Brien (USRA CSNR)
Success in the Lunar and Mars Frontiers Enabled by Radioisotope Power Systems
1:30–1:36PM EDT
A.C. Charania (Zeno Power)
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