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Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Proving DRACO will deliver
The United States is now closer than it has been in over five decades to launching the first nuclear thermal rocket into space, thanks to DRACO—the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Orbit.
June 24–28, 2012
Nuclear Science and Technology: Managing the Global Impact of Economic and Natural Events
Chicago, IL|Hyatt Regency Chicago
Online Pre-Registration is closed. Please register onsite. Thank You.
General Chair:
Amir Shahkarami (Senior VP, Exelon Generation)
Program Chair:
Ray Klann (Argonne National Laboratory)
Embedded Topical Meeting
Pat Daly (General Manager, Zion Solutions)
Sue Aggarwal (President, NMNT International Inc.)
General Chairs:
Todd Allen (Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Lance Snead (Distinguished Research Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Technical Program Chairs:
Jacob Eapen (Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University)
K. L. Murty (Professor, North Carolina State University)
Heather MacLean Chichester (Nuclear Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory)
Honorary Chairs:
Susan R. Landahl (Chief Operating Officer and Senior VP, Exelon Nuclear)
Goon-Cherl Park (Professor, Seoul National University)
Takuya Hattori (President, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc.)
Georges Serviere (Nuclear Advisor to the CEO, EDF)
Hernando A. Madronero (Senior Vice President, Nuclear Engineering, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Soon Heung Chang (President, KNS)
Kumiaki Moriya (Senior Chief Engineer, Hitachi GE Nuclear Energy)
Jean-Claude Gauthier (General Director, ENELA GmbH)
Program Chairs:
Luca Oriani (Manager, AP1000 Design Integration, Westinghouse Electric Company)
Sun Koo Kang (EVP, KOPEC)
Kyoichi Morimoto (Scientist, Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Frank O. Carre (Scientific Director, C. E. A. Nuclear Energy Division)
