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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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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 IRD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Lincolnshire 1/2
Session Chair:
Lei R. Cao
Alternate Chair:
Igor Jovanovic
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Optical Characterization System Development for In-situ Real-time Measurement of Transmissivity of Irradiated Bulk Optical Materials
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Yunping Zhang (Univ. Michigan), Boyuan Sun (Univ. Michigan), Milos Burger (Univ. Michigan), Sylvain Girard (Univ. Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan)
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Toward the Development of Molten Salt Reactor Diagnostics based on Resonantly Enhanced Laser Spectroscopy
3:35–3:55PM CDT
George B. Sun (Univ. Michigan), Londrea Garrett (Univ. Michigan), Ammon N. Williams (INL), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan)
Exploring Radiation Enhancement of Hafnium Oxide Nanoparticles
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Marlen Calix Quezada (Young Members Group), Santiago Bermudez Naranjo (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Simulation of Irradiated Molten Salt Flow Loop Using OpenMC
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Alexandru S. Aghinitei (Univ. Texas, Austin), Cole A. Gentry (Univ. Texas, Austin), Nicholas P. Luciano (Univ. Texas, Austin), Soha Aslam (Univ. Texas, Austin), Seth D. Dayawansa (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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