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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Technical Session|Fission Surface Power
Wednesday, May 7, 2025|3:15–4:55PM CDT|Atlantis/Discovery/Columbia (Marriott)
Session Chair:
Tyler Steiner (NASA Glenn Research Center)
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Alternate Chair:
Robert Okojie (NASA Glenn Research Paper)
Track Organizer:
Harold Gerrish (Marshall Space Flight Center)
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SNAP-10A Experimental Criticality Benchmark Estimated By OpenMC Monte Carlo Code
3:15–3:40PM CDT
Zelong Zhao (CIAE), Gu Hu (CIAE)
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Feasibility Assessment of Micro Molten Salt and Metal Reactor (MSMR) for Long Life Lunar Base Power
3:40–4:05PM CDT
Jaehyun Ryu (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Multiphysics Modeling of SNAP 10A/2 Space Reactor with Cardinal
4:05–4:30PM CDT
Maximiliano Dalinger (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Michael Seneca (Penn State), Richard Martineau (Sawtooth Simulation, LLC)
Optimization of the BISON UN Fission Gas Release and Swelling Model
4:30–4:55PM CDT
Zachary Miller (Univ. California, Berkeley), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley), Alex Levinsky (LANL), Galen T. Craven (LANL), Christopher Matthews (LANL)
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