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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
Technical Session|Space Nuclear Propulsion
Monday, May 5, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|SPOC B (Space & Rocket Center)
Session Chair:
Jason Cassibry (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)
Track Organizer:
Harold Gerrish (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
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Preliminary Study of Fission Product Entrainment Impact on a Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Mitchell Schroll (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville), Robert Frederick Jr. (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville), L. Dale Thomas (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville)
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Hydrogen Flow and Heat Transfer Enhancements for the Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Bahram Nassersharif (Univ. Rhode Island), Joel Aubin (Univ. Rhode Island), Nicholas Caito (Univ. Rhode Island), Nicholas Colavecchio (Univ. Rhode Island), Nicholas DeFranzo (Univ. Rhode Island)
Design and Analysis of an Internal Gas Turbine for the Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket (CNTR)
1:50–2:15PM CDT
Bahram Nassersharif (Univ. Rhode Island), Andrik Puentes (Univ. Rhode Island), Lucas Murphy (Univ. Rhode Island), Mycarthy Newton (Univ. Rhode Island), Michael Kenney (Univ. Rhode Island), Shamar Morgan (Univ. Rhode Island)
Simulating Flow and Heat Transfer Properties of Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor
2:15–2:40PM CDT
Joshua Naudet (Ohio State), Spencer Christian (Ohio State), Calvin Chandler (Ohio State)
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