NTP Lightning Talks -- ANS / Conferences / Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2026) / Technical Sessions

Papers

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Sintering Behavior of Transition Metal Tetra-Carbides for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

1:00–1:06PM EDT

Timothy Stack (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Keaton McNulty (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ethan Payne (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Steven Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

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Thermal Hydraulics Simulations of the XE-Prime Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) Engine Using Flownex

1:06–1:12PM EDT

Miles Adkins (PADT Inc), Thomas Chadwick (PADT Inc)

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TiC Precipitate Effects on the Thermal Conductivity and Fracture Toughness of Ti-Containing Tri-Carbides

1:12–1:18PM EDT

Keaton McNulty (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Timothy Stack (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ethan Payne (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Steven Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

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Analysis of Thermophysical Properties of Fuels for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

1:18–1:24PM EDT

Hanshu Kotta (Ohio State), Saqeeb Adnan (Ohio State), Marat Khafizov (Ohio State)

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Kinetic and Reactor Modeling of Hydrogen-Graphite Interactions Under Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Conditions

1:24–1:30PM EDT

Thomas Westenhofer (Univ. California, Irvine), Xian Shi (Univ. California, Irvine)

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Ion Beam Irradiation Tolerance of Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Carbides for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

1:30–1:36PM EDT

Ethan Payne (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Steven Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

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Multiphysics Modeling of Hydrogen Transport in Space Nuclear Systems with FESTIM

1:36–1:42PM EDT

Chirag Khurana (MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center), Rémi Delaporte-Mathurin (MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center), James Dark (MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center), Huihua Yang (MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center), Kaelyn Dunnell (MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center)

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Graphene-Copper Hybrid Thermal Straps

1:42–1:48PM EDT

Dan Wang (Faraday Technology Inc.), Timothy Hall (Faraday Technology Inc.), Stephen Snyder (Faraday Technologies Inc.), Maria Inman (Faraday Technology Inc.), Jessica Godwin (Utah State), Nick Roberts (Utah State), Houng Le (Faraday Technology Inc.)