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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Copper melting behavior at extreme temperatures could inform fusion materials
The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has announced researchers have conducted experiments testing how copper melts under extreme conditions, such as those it might be exposed to in a fusion machine. The results, published in Nature Communications, found that a copper thin film was more resilient to melting than models had predicted, uncovering molecular dynamics that had been missing from calculations.
“These results greatly improve the simulations we use to predict which materials have the best shot at surviving the extreme conditions of future fusion reaction chambers,” said Mianzhen Mo, the SLAC staff scientist who led the research.
Sunday, June 16, 2024|2:30–3:30PM PDT
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ANS THD Town Hall Topics
‘How to innovate an ANS Division?’
Town hall meetings are intended to interact with the division at large and especially with the young (student) members of the Division. It is an informal setting in which there are no wrong answers and which should help the Executive Committee in determining future directions. In other words, the town hall sessions are shaping the future of the division while the executive committee meeting deal with the day-to-day operation of the division. The following topics are scheduled to be open for discussion. Please do not hesitate to join us and bring your ideas and wishes to our table.