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2020 ANS Virtual Winter Meeting
November 16–19, 2020
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Advanced nuclear to be a focus of reopened Arctic Energy Office
The Department of Energy has announced the reestablishment of the Arctic Energy Office (AEO), to be located on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The AEO was originally established in 2001 but failed to receive sufficient funding. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette had pledged to reopen the office by the close of the current federal fiscal year.
The focus of the AEO, according to the DOE, will include international cooperation on Arctic issues, research on methane hydrates, and the development of advanced microgrids and nuclear power systems, such as small modular reactors.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ANSTD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|3:50–5:30PM (4:50–6:30PM EST)
The session will be available to join at 3:20PM (4:20PM EST).
Session Chair:
Jorge Navarro
Alternate Chair:
Paolo F. Venneri
Session Organizer:
Jeffrey C. King
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Overview of High-Performance Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket Propulsion System
Jimmy Allen (Dynetics), Michael Johns (Southern Research), Mark Patterson (Southern Research), Michael G. Houts (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Florent Heidet (Argonne National Laboratory), Nicholas Smith (Idaho National Laboratory), John Foster (University of Michigan)
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Preliminary Parametric Studies of a High Performance Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket System
Jonathan T. Gates (Texas A&M University), Florent Heidet (Argonne National Laboratory), Michael G. Jarrett (Argonne National Laboratory), Michael G. Houts (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Rittu S. Raju (University of Michigan), Ethan Fisher (Mississippi State University), Darrin Leer (University of North Carolina at Charlotte), C. M. McSwain (University of Tennessee)
Initial Neutronics Modeling of a Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine using MCNP Code
Rittu S. Raju (University of Michigan), Michael G. Houts (NASA MSFC), Ethan D. Fisher (Mississippi State University), Jonathan T. Gates (Texas A&M University), Darrin Leer (University of North Carolina), C M. McSwain (University of Tennessee)
CNTR: Explanation of Propellant Flow and Description of Initial Experiments
Ethan D. Fisher (NASA), C. M. McSwain (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Thomas J. Godfroy (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Michael G. Houts (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Florent Heidet (Argonne National Laboratory), Rittu S. Raju (University of Michigan), Darrin Leer (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Jonathan T. Gates (Argonne National Laboratory)
Propellant Flow Analysis in a Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket
Charles M. McSwain (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Ethan D. Fisher (NASA), Thomas J. Godfroy (Godfroy Consulting LLC), Michael G. Houts (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Florent Heidet (Argonne National Laboratory), Ritz S. Raju (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Darrin Leer (NASA Marshall Space Center), Jonathan T. Gates (Texas A&M University)
Thermohydraulic Analysis & Startup Conditions of a Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket
Darrin Leer (NASA), Michael G. Houts (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Russell Keanini (UNCC), Rittu S. Raju (University of Michigan), Ethan D. Fisher (NASA), Charles M. McSwain (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Jonathan T. Gates (Texas A&M University), Florent Heidet (Argonne National Laboratory), Michael G. Jarrett (Argonne National Laboratory)
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