Chief of Technology @BWXT, @UMCLASP Professor. Views my own.

Washington, DC
Joined October 2016
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The future of American energy is nuclear, and BWXT is helping lead the way. Today, BWXT’s Joe Miller hosted U.S. Secretary of Energy, @ChrisAWright_ and Congressman @RepJohnMcGuire at our BWXT Innovation Campus in Lynchburg, Virginia for a firsthand look at Project Pele – our deployable nuclear microreactor. The visit showcased BWXT’s role in advancing nuclear innovation and strengthening America’s energy security, and capped off a regional engagement focused on the future of American energy. Thank you, Secretary Wright and Congressman McGuire, for championing American nuclear innovation! #NuclearEnergy #AmericanNuclear #EnergySecurity #ProjectPele
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The fuel is here at @INL. The reactor is being finished and will soon be on its way. Let's go! @Waksman84 Fuel arrival: xitter.cf/INL/status/19959160489… #ProjectPele #Microreactor #AdvancedNuclear #NuclearEnergy ⚛️
The future of American energy is nuclear, and BWXT is helping lead the way. Today, BWXT’s Joe Miller hosted U.S. Secretary of Energy, @ChrisAWright_ and Congressman @RepJohnMcGuire at our BWXT Innovation Campus in Lynchburg, Virginia for a firsthand look at Project Pele – our deployable nuclear microreactor. The visit showcased BWXT’s role in advancing nuclear innovation and strengthening America’s energy security, and capped off a regional engagement focused on the future of American energy. Thank you, Secretary Wright and Congressman McGuire, for championing American nuclear innovation! #NuclearEnergy #AmericanNuclear #EnergySecurity #ProjectPele
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On this day in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe launched aboard a Delta IV Heavy rocket on a mission to study the Sun. A full scale model of the spacecraft recently joined our collection and is on view at the Udvar-Hazy Center: s.si.edu/4bMqDDv
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Today, we’re celebrating a major milestone for the future of advanced nuclear energy. BWXT manufactured TRISO fuel has successfully powered Antares Nuclear’s reactor through first criticality, marking the first new reactor to reach this milestone under the Administration’s Executive Order 14301. Congratulations to the @AntaresNuclear team, the U.S. Department of @ENERGY (DOE), @INL and all those involved! This achievement demonstrates what’s possible when U.S. innovation, proven fuel technology and a worldclass nuclear workforce come together. Huge credit goes to the #BWXT teams whose skill, precision and dedication continue to advance next generation reactor demonstrations across the country. Exciting days ahead! bwxt.com/bwxt-manufactures-t… #NuclearEnergy #TRISO #AdvancedReactors
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Several speakers detailed the need for space nuclear and aerospace capabilities to be brought together; also, emphasized the opportunity for universities and students. @JustinCKasper: it's an incredible opportunity for you to apply your skills in nuclear power and propulsion
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Farewell B1058, you were a good rocket 🥹
The Falcon fleet’s life leading rocket completed its 19th and final launch and landing on December 23. This one reusable rocket booster alone launched to orbit 2 astronauts and more than 860 satellites — totaling 260+ metric tons — in ~3.5 years
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The Falcon fleet’s life leading rocket completed its 19th and final launch and landing on December 23. This one reusable rocket booster alone launched to orbit 2 astronauts and more than 860 satellites — totaling 260+ metric tons — in ~3.5 years
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It wouldn't fit under the tree, but we were excited to unwrap a new steam generator for Unit 5 just in time for the holidays! Thank you to our MCR Rigging and Lifting team, and BWXT, Western Mechanical, E.S. FOX and the Ironworkers Union for this successful delivery.
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This is, in my opinion, some of the most exciting research underway. Oceans on other planets!
Vast amounts of water—a building block of life as we know it—are suspected to lie beneath the icy crusts of some moons in our solar system. go.nasa.gov/3GAEmgp Early in 2023, experts discussed concepts to explore these ocean worlds as @NASAAstrobio searches for life beyond Earth.
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Still one of my favorite films. I liked to think Discovery had 3 nuclear thermal rockets.
Peter Hyams' 2010: The Year We Make Contact is 39 today. And it was just as stressful as its predecessor.
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This is such an exciting idea, using the heat from a small nuclear reactor to melt ice and tunnel into the oceans of icy water moons.
Earlier this year, a team of experts gathered to discuss a mission concept to detect water and search for life under the icy crusts of moons that orbit Jupiter and Saturn: the cryobot, a cylindrical probe that employs state-of-the-art technologies to drill and investigate beneath the ice: science.nasa.gov/science-res…
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Earlier this year, a team of experts gathered to discuss a mission concept to detect water and search for life under the icy crusts of moons that orbit Jupiter and Saturn: the cryobot, a cylindrical probe that employs state-of-the-art technologies to drill and investigate beneath the ice: science.nasa.gov/science-res…
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The SunRISE Mission is gearing for launch! Led by P.I. Professor Justin Kasper, the mission will study emissions from the sun. Read on: jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-6-pa… #UMClimateSpace #NASA #JPL @NASAjpl @NASA
Ready for their moment in the Sun ☀️ A fleet of six cereal box-size satellites known as SunRISE are complete and awaiting final testing. Once launched, they will act as one giant radio antenna that will study solar radio bursts. go.nasa.gov/46EsTac
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Did you know that Expo City, in Dubai, where COP28 is being held, glows at dusk from hundreds of lights shaped exactly like nuclear reactor fuel assemblies? Nuclear-powered, nuclear-themed public art at COP28! On winter nights in the UAE, most of the power is actually coming from the local Barakah nuclear plant, from fuel like these! I have it on good authority this was intentional. How could it not? Compare it to the 4th picture, the real deal for a Westinghouse reactor. Nuclear-powered nuclear art: I've never seen such a thing before. It really shows the pride that this country has in its new nuclear plant, which was being built at exactly the same time as Expo City. An estimated 24 million visitors walked by these nuclear lights during Expo 2020 in 2021, Do you think any of them realized what they were walking by? Or, for that manner, where the electricity was coming from? – at Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Half a dozen cubesats working together to study the Sun? Sounds like a project for @umclasp's @JustinCKasper! Read more about this project by following the link in @NASAJPL's post.
Ready for their moment in the Sun ☀️ A fleet of six cereal box-size satellites known as SunRISE are complete and awaiting final testing. Once launched, they will act as one giant radio antenna that will study solar radio bursts. go.nasa.gov/46EsTac
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An iconic photo of our SunRISE spacecraft, ready to launch! These spacecraft are individually highly capable but will act in concert in orbit to create a virtual radio telescope 10km in diameter! My gratitude to the team at @NASAJPL SDL and @UMich for this historic milestone.
Ready for their moment in the Sun ☀️ A fleet of six cereal box-size satellites known as SunRISE are complete and awaiting final testing. Once launched, they will act as one giant radio antenna that will study solar radio bursts. go.nasa.gov/46EsTac
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Justin C Kasper retweeted
We have new #jobopportunities in Lynchburg, VA below! Research and Test Reactor Quality Control NDT Level 3: ow.ly/XKwJ50QbxCW Instrumentation and Control System Design Engineer: ow.ly/i0cb50QbxCV Engineering Design Process Lead: ow.ly/qWt750QbxCZ
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We wish you a safe and #HappyThanksgiving.
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