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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
Tuesday, April 28, 2026|10:10–11:30AM EDT|Room 306
Session Chair:
June F. Zakrajsek (The Aerospace Corporation)
Alternate Chair:
Tyler Steiner (NASA GRC)
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Methodology of Multiphase Flow Tool within a Liquid-Core Nuclear Thermal Rocket
10:10–10:30AM EDT
Joshua T. Naudet (The Ohio State University), Spencer Christian (The Ohio State University), John Horack
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Qualitative Modeling of the Nuclear Thermal Engine Turbopump for Use in CEDAR
10:30–10:50AM EDT
Grant C. Switzer (The Ohio State University)
Validation of a Reduced-Geometry CFD Model for the XE-Prime Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engine
10:50–11:10AM EDT
Jonathon D. Thomsen (The Georgia Institute of Technology), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Parametric Evaluations of the Recuperated and Non-Recuperated Brayton Cycles for the HYPERION NEP/NTP Propulsion System
11:10–11:30AM EDT
Logan R. Horner (Center for Space Nuclear Research), John Stanek, Abigail Hogue, Robert C. O'Brien (USRA CSNR)
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