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NRC engineers share their expertise at the University of Puerto Rico
Robert Roche-Rivera and Marcos Rolón-Acevedo are licensed professional engineers who work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are also alumni of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) and have been sharing their knowledge and experience with students at their alma mater since last year, serving as adjunct professors in the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. During the 2023–2024 school year, they each taught two courses: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.
Technical Session|Radioisotope Power Systems
Tuesday, May 7, 2024|10:00–11:40AM MDT|Sweeney A
Session Chair:
Nick R. Wozniak
Alternate Chairs:
Lauren Nelson (LANL)
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Modeling Novel Radioisotope Power System Designs
10:00–10:06AM MDT
Rebecca Hoffman (Univ. Dayton Research Institute)
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Lessons Learned: Design of Novel Radioisotope Power Systems
10:06–10:12AM MDT
Matthew Johnson (Univ. Dayton Research Institute)
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Systems Engineering of Novel Radioisotope Power Systems
10:12–10:18AM MDT
Christopher Venturella (Univ. Dayton Research Institute)
The Validation Testing of Novel Radioisotope Power System Designs
10:18–10:24AM MDT
Kenton Sherick (Univ. Dayton Research Institute), Boyd Allen Tolson (Univ. Dayton Research Institute)
Managing Innovative Radioisotope Power System Design Projects
10:24–10:30AM MDT
Jackie Maddox (Univ. Dayton Research Institute), Chadwick Barklay (Univ. Dayton Research Institute)
Terrestrial Isotope Activation for Low-Cost Testing of Next Generation Space Radioisotope Power Systems
10:30–10:36AM MDT
Samuel Piper (Atomos Nuclear and Space Corp.), Lucas Beveridge (Atomos Nuclear and Space Corp.)
Harnessing Neptunium Spectral Features to Monitor Valence Change During 238Pu Processing
10:36–10:42AM MDT
Sara E. Gilson (ORNL), Luke R. Sadergaski (ORNL), Hunter B. Andrews (ORNL), Adam J. Parkison (ORNL)
Impurity Analysis Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for the Plutonium-238 Supply Program
10:42–10:48AM MDT
Hunter B. Andrews (ORNL), Luke R. Sadergaski (ORNL)
Remote Analysis of Radiochemical Processing Streams with Optical Spectroscopy for the Plutonium-238 Supply Program
10:48–10:54AM MDT
Luke R. Sadergaski (ORNL), Hunter B. Andrews (ORNL), Sara Gilson (ORNL), Laetitia Delmau (ORNL), Tom Hylton (ORNL), Adam Parkison (ORNL)
Plutonium-238: Evolving Production Capabilities and Considerations
10:54–11:00AM MDT
Joe Hough (ORNL), Adam Parkison (ORNL), Joe McVeigh (ORNL), Kristian Myhre (ORNL)
Radiolysis Studies to Support the Storage of Americium Oxide Materials for Radioisotope Power Systems
11:00–11:06AM MDT
Rebecca Sanderson (National Nuclear Laboratory), Mark Sarsfield (National Nuclear Laboratory), Hannah Colledge (National Nuclear Laboratory), Christophe Fongarland (European Space Agency), Steph Barron (European Space Agency)
The New Concept for European Radioisotope Stirling Generator
11:06–11:12AM MDT
Mihails Scepanskis (Deep Space Energy), Janis Priede (Deep Space Energy), Raimonds Nikoluskins (Deep Space Energy)
Aerojet Rocketdyne Small Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Concept Utilizing SiGe Unicouples
11:12–11:18AM MDT
S. Hunter (Aerojet Rocketdyne), L. Gard (Aerojet Rocketdyne)
Plutonium-238 Supply Research, Development, and Demonstration Strategy and Achievements at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
11:18–11:24AM MDT
Kristian Myhre (ORNL), Adam Parkison (ORNL), Joe McVeigh (ORNL), Joe Hough (ORNL)
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