Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Talks: I

Effects of Microstructure on Hydrogen Retention in Metal Hydride Moderators

3:15–3:21PM CDT

Jianqi Xi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Hydrogen Corrosion Model of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Carbide Fuels

3:21–3:27PM CDT

Kai E. Duemmler (LANL), Christopher Matthews (LANL), Erofili Kardoulaki (LANL), Michael W. D. Cooper (LANL)

Global HTGR Effort and Supply Chain

3:27–3:33PM CDT

Peter D. Ewing (U.S. Gov.)

Electrodeposition of a Protective Zirconium Coating on Uranium Nitride

3:33–3:39PM CDT

Jarom Chamberlain (LANL), Adrien Terricabras (LANL), Rami Batrice (LANL), Tim Coons (LANL), Marisa J. Monreal (LANL)

Effects of Hydrogen Environment Testing on Zirconium Carbide Material

3:39–3:45PM CDT

Scarlett Widgeon Paisner (LANL), Joseph Schaeperkoetter (LANL), Tyler J. Gerczak (ORNL), Tyler Gerczak (ORNL), James M. Kurley III (ORNL), Dylan Richardson (ORNL), Amanda H. Greenlaw (BWXT Advanced Technologies), John R. Salasin (BWX Technologies), Sabrina McCoy (BWX Technologies), Sabyasachi Sen (Univ. California, Davis), Erofili Kardoulaki (LANL), Kenneth J. McClellan (LANL)

Advances in the Modeling and Simulation of NTPs Using OpenFOAM and OpenModelica

3:45–3:51PM CDT

Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Benjamin Stroup (TAMU), Zachary D. Hughes (TAMU), Thomas Guilbaud (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Giovanni Nervi (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Alessandro Scolaro (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)

Thermophysical Properties of Refractory Carbides as NTP Surrogate Fuel

3:51–3:57PM CDT

Alexander T. Nadermann (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jonas Kessing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Praveen Negi (Stony Brook Univ.), David Sprouster (Stony Brook Univ.), Lance L. Snead (Stony Brook Univ.), Steven J. Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Sintering Behavior and Homogeneity of Ti-Containing Tri-Carbides for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

3:57–4:03PM CDT

Ethan C. Payne (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Alex Nadermann (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sean M. Drewry (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Steven J. Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Design Activities of In-Situ Hydrogen Loops at MIT Reactor

4:03–4:09PM CDT

Patrick D. Riley (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Nesrin O. Cetiner (MIT), David M. Carpenter (MIT)

Use of Artificial Intelligence for Space Nuclear Systems: Potential Applications and Complications

4:09–4:15PM CDT

Alex Levinsky (LANL), Reed Morningstar (Sandia), Galen T. Craven (LANL)

High Temperature, Reactor Irradiation of Surrogate Coated Particle Fuel for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

4:15–4:21PM CDT

Brandon A. Wilson (ORNL), Emily N. Hutchins (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Eddie L. Honorato (ORNL), N. Dianne E. Bull (ORNL)

Nuclear Thermal Rocket Emulator for a Hardware in the Loop Testbed

4:21–4:27PM CDT

Brandon A. Wilson (ORNL), Wesley Williams (ORNL), Jono McConnell (ORNL), Craig Gray (ORNL), Charles Taylor (Louisiana State), N. Dianne B. Ezell (ORNL)

Progress Toward Transient System Modeling of the Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket

4:27–4:33PM CDT

Taylor Hampson (MIT), Gyutae Park (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)

Preliminary Investigation on UZrCN Formation via Hydrogen Cyanide Synthesis for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Applications

4:33–4:39PM CDT

James M. Zillinger (INL), Sarah Hamilton (INL)

Fabrication of Fuel Geometries via Fused Deposition Modeling 3D Printing and Spark Plasma Sintering for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Applications

4:39–4:45PM CDT

Nathaniel Cavanaugh (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Jie Lian (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

ZrC Insulators for Space Nuclear Propulsion

4:45–4:51PM CDT

Bryant A. Kanies (LANL), Maria Kosmidou (LANL), Joseph Schaeperkoetter (LANL), Miles F. Beaux (LANL), Scarlett W. Paisner (LANL), Erofili Kardoulaki (LANL)