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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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Startup looks to commercialize inertial fusion energy
Another startup hoping to capitalize on progress the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has made in realizing inertial fusion energy has been launched. On August 27, San Francisco–based Inertia Enterprises, a private fusion power start-up, announced the formation of the company with the goal of commercializing fusion energy.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Jasmine D
Session Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Nathan J. Roskoff
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Uncertainty Quantification of Critical Boron Concentration in Tihange-2 Reactor Core Tracking Analysis Using CASMO5/SIMULATE5 with JENDL-5
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Shigeki Shiba (Nuclear Regulation Authority)
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Heat Deposition Analysis of Target Materials in the High Flux Isotope Reactor for HEU and LEU Cores
3:35–3:55PM PDT
K.M. Burg (ORNL), D. Chandler (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), D. Hartanto (ORNL), Y.E. Robert (ORNL), C.W. Sizemore (ORNL)
Monte Carlo Evaluation of Delayed Neutron Parameters for CANDU Reactor
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Zack Demers (Ontario Tech Univ.), Eleodor Nichita (Ontario Tech Univ.)
Sensitivity Analysis of the SCALE/Polaris-PARCS Code Procedure for Watts Bar Unit 1 and Peach Bottom Unit 2
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Kang Seog Kim (ORNL), William Gurecky (ORNL), Matthew A. Jessee (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Understanding the Sampling Algorithm for Watt Spectrum
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Jilang Miao (Penn State), Miaomiao Jin (Penn State)
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