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First commercial nuclear satellite launched on SpaceX mission
On July 7, SpaceX launched Transporter-17, a smallsat rideshare mission containing 81 payloads. One of the payloads was the Betavoltaic Orbital High-Reliability (BOHR) satellite developed by City Labs.
According to the company, BOHR is “the world’s first commercial nuclear-powered satellite and first nuclear CubeSat.” The spacecraft also broke new ground in the regulatory process for launch approval for commercial nuclear projects.
Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EST|Monroe
Session Chair:
John Mattingly (NCSU)
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MCNP Characterization and Quantification of Pu Solutions with a Compton Suppressed Gamma Ray System
8:00–8:20AM EST
C. Egozi (LANL), R. Winkler (LANL), W.S. Charlton (Univ. Texas, Austin), S. Landsberger (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Paper
Analysis of Dynamic Background Simulations for Plutonium Accounting in an In-Line Neutron Well Counter
8:20–8:40AM EST
John A. Corder (TAMU), Rachel C. Connick (LANL), Nikolas D. Economy (LANL), Sarah E. Sarnoski (LANL), Rollin E. Lakis (LANL)
A Gamma Resonance Absorption Technology for Materials Assay in Commercial Pyroprocessing Facility Development
8:40–9:00AM EST
Eva Barker (Idaho State), Jaylyn Berry (Idaho State), Mitchell Frasure (Idaho State), Abigayle Hargreaves (Idaho State), Elaina Nava (Idaho State), Nelson Snow (Idaho State), Grant Stockett (Idaho State), Andrew Hoffman (Idaho State), Evan Dolley (General Electric Global Research), Chad L. Pope (Idaho State)
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Nuclear Material Accountancy Using Momentum Integrated Muon Scattering Tomography
9:00–9:20AM EST
JungHyun Bae (ORNL), Rose Montgomery (ORNL), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue)
