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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Dragonfly, a Pu-fueled drone heading to Titan, gets key NASA approval
Curiosity landed on Mars sporting a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) in 2012, and a second NASA rover, Perseverance, landed in 2021. Both are still rolling across the red planet in the name of science. Another exploratory craft with a similar plutonium-238–fueled RTG but a very different mission—to fly between multiple test sites on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon—recently got one step closer to deployment.
On April 25, NASA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) announced that the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s icy moon passed its critical design review. “Passing this mission milestone means that Dragonfly’s mission design, fabrication, integration, and test plans are all approved, and the mission can now turn its attention to the construction of the spacecraft itself,” according to NASA.
Plenary Session
Tuesday, August 8, 2023|8:00–10:00AM EDT|Banyan 1
General ChairMatthew Rasmussen Senior Vice President, TVA
CNO Panel chaired by Matthew Kirschenheiter
Matthew KirschenheiterDirector Design EngineeringTVA
Timothy (Tim) RauschExecutive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Robert E. "Bob" SchuetzChief Executive OfficerEnergy Northwest
Sean Sexstone Executive Vice President Advanced Nuclear GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Pierre Paul OneidSenior Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer,Holtec International
Dr. Kenneth KunkelProfessor, North Carolina State University Lead Scientist for Assessments, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies
Scott HunnewellVice President, New Nuclear Program, Nuclear Power Group, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
SMR Panel chaired by Scott Hunnewell
Scott MorrisDeputy Executive Director for Reactors and Preparedness Programs in the Office of the Executive Director for Operations
Brian Boggs Sales DirectorGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
M. Christopher NolanVice President New Nuclear Generation Strategy and Regulatory EngagementDuke Energy
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