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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
No electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged by the chimney with care
With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ANSTD
Monday, November 10, 2025|1:00–2:45PM EST|Columbia 9
Session Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Trevor Parker
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Design of a High-Specific Impulse Gas-Core Nuclear Thermal Rocket
1:00–1:20PM EST
Ashutosh Sharma (Fisher College), Vinit Vithalrai Shenvi (Tata Electronics)
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Beta-VOR: Economical Betavoltaic Electrical Power for Deep Space Applications
1:20–1:40PM EST
John E. Gunning (ORNL), Robert G. Kennedy III (Institute for Interstellar Studies)
Fuse's capabilities for nuclear security and fusion energy
1:40–2:00PM EST
J.C. Btaiche (Fuse Energy Technologies Corp)
A Multi-Criteria Evaluation Framework for Siting Fusion Energy Facilities: Application and Evaluation of U.S. Coal Power Plants
2:00–2:20PM EST
Muhammad R. Abdussami (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Kevin Daley (Univ. Michigan), Gabrielle Hoelzle (Univ. Michigan), Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan)
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