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Disney World should have gone nuclear
There is extra significance to the American Nuclear Society holding its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, this past week. That’s because in 1967, the state of Florida passed a law allowing Disney World to build a nuclear power plant.
Technical Session|Fission Surface Power/Nuclear Electric Propulsion
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|1:00–2:40PM MDT|Sweeney B
Session Chair:
Randy Bell
Alternate Chair:
Andrew Zillmer
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Regulatory Readiness Level (RRL) as a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) Parallel for Gauging Holistic Technology Maturity for Space Nuclear Technology
1:00–1:25PM MDT
Christopher Morrison (Independent Researcher)
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Expanding the Price-Anderson Act (PAA) to Cover Private Sector Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion (SNPP)
1:25–1:50PM MDT
Clarence H. Tolliver (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman), Sidney L. Fowler (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman), Jeffrey S. Merrifield (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman)
Roles of Nuclear Electric Propulsion and Nuclear Thermal Propulsion in Cislunar Space
1:50–2:15PM MDT
Robert Schleicher (General Atomics), Christina Back (General Atomics), Gregory Burgess (General Atomics)
NASA's Interest in Radiation Tolerance and Requirements of Candidate Technologies for Fission Surface Power and Further Relevance to Dynamic Radioisotope Power Systems
2:15–2:40PM MDT
Tyler R. Steiner (NASA Glenn Research Center), Robert J. Bruckner (NASA Glenn Research Center), Scott D. Wilson (NASA Glenn Research Center)
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