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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Technical Session|Radioisotope Power Systems
Thursday, May 9, 2024|1:00–2:40PM MDT|Sweeney A
Session Chair:
Roberta Mulford (LANL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Amanda Robertson (LANL)
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Status of Current Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Programs at Aerojet Rocketdyne
1:00–1:25PM MDT
Kavon Kazemzadeh (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Leo Gard (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Andrew Lane (Aerojet Rocketdyne)
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The Graph Becomes the Dataset -- Compiling Historical and Current RTG Data into one Place
1:25–1:50PM MDT
Christofer E. Whiting (Univ. Dayton), David F. Woerner (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Fifteen Years After the National Research Council Recommendations -- Radioisotope Power Systems Program Progress
1:50–2:15PM MDT
Thomas J. Sutliff (Aerospace Corp.), Ralph L. McNutt (Johns Hopkins APL), June F. Zakrajsek (Aerospace Corp.)
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Updating the Cassini-Era GPHS-RTG Life Performance Prediction Model in Preparation for the Next-Gen Mod-1 RTG Assessment
2:15–2:40PM MDT
Michael J. Durka (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Kevin L. Smith (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
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