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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Task force charts growing interest in civilian maritime nuclear applications
Readers of Nuclear News will have heard of historical applications of civilian maritime nuclear power, like the merchant ship NS Savannah and the USS Sturgis floating power plant. With a few exceptions there has been little action in this area for over 50 years, and there are plenty of reasons and opinions as to why, but over the last few years the dramatic increase in interest from the maritime industry and its stakeholders has been undeniable.
Technical Session
Thursday, May 19, 2022|1:30–3:15PM EDT|Pointview
Session Chair:
Dan Kotlyar
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Vedant Mehta
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Study and Design of a Molten Salt Reactor for Power Supply in Space: First Glimpse of the Core Design
Nicolas Rey-Tornero (CEA), Guillaume Campioni (CEA), Daniel Heuer (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
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Design Studies of a Molten Salt Reactor for Space Nuclear Electric Propulsion
F. Quinteros (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), P. Rubiolo (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), V. Ghetta (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), J. Giraud (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), N. Capellan (Univ. Grenoble Alpes)
Parametric Neutronic Evaluation of the Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket Concept
William J. Walters (Penn State)
Low Enriched Uranium Particle Bed Rocket
Alejandra de Lara (Univ. Cambridge), Nathaniel Read (Univ. Cambridge)
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