Fission Power Lightning Talks

Oscillating Heat Pipes for Space Nuclear Power

1:00–1:06PM EDT

Alex Miller (ThermAvant Technologies)

Recent Advances in Multiphysics Analysis of Failsafe Heat Pipe Cooled Nuclear Reactor

1:06–1:12PM EDT

Aanchal Gupta (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Magdi Ragheb (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Rizwan-uddin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Structural and Thermal Assessment of Ti-H2O – GFRC Heat Pipe Radiators for Fission Surface Power

1:12–1:18PM EDT

Sandeep Hatte (Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc.), Zayed Ahmed (Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc.), Calin Tarau (Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.), Jeffrey Diebold (Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.), Srujan Rokkam (Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.)

LEU-Fueled Natural-Circulation Microreactor for Heat Supply on the Moon

1:18–1:24PM EDT

Naoyuki Takaki (Tokyo City Univ.)

Preconceptual Study of a Hypothesized Deep Space Surface Mission Power Source

1:24–1:30PM EDT

Blake Coghill (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jackson Place (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Joshua Piper (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ethan Villarreal (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cassie Bowman (Arizona State), Lane Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Recuperator Design for a 100-kWe Nuclear Closed Brayton Cycle for Space Power

1:30–1:36PM EDT

Aubrey Olson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Noah Kleitsch (Univ. Wisconsin Madison), David Hall (Univ. Wisconsin Madison), Rafe Smith (Univ. Wisconsin Madison), Logan Rapp (Sandia), Rodney Keith (Sandia)

FENRIR: A Reactor Multiphysics Modeling Suite for Nuclear Electric Propulsion Systems

1:36–1:42PM EDT

Corey Smith (AMA), Jacob Stonehill (AMA), Christopher Harnack (AMA), Matthew Duchek (AMA)

NEP Trade Design Studies: Comparison Between MSR and HPR Concepts

1:42–1:48PM EDT

Pablo R. Rubiolo (University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC), Francisco Szmandiuk (University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC), Nicolas Capellan (University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC), Gonzalo De La Iglesia (University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC), Julien Giraud (University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC), Ignacio Lobardo (University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC)

Future-Proofing Investments in US Development and Deployment of Advanced Nuclear Propulsion Technologies

1:48–1:54PM EDT

Tony S. Hill (Starr Nuclear), James Werner (AMA), Lindsey Holmes (AMA)