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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
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Belmont
Session Chair:
Cihang Lu (Brookhaven)
Alternate Chair:
Zeyun Wu
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Impact of Control Rod Neutron Absorber Depletion on Load-Following Capability in APR1400
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Husam Khalefih (KFUPM), Afaque Shams (KFUPM), YongHee Kim (KAIST)
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Analysis of Asymmetric Control Element Exposure on HFIR Performance
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Kevin Burg (ORNL), David Chandler (ORNL), Donny Hartanto (ORNL)
Linear Stability Analysis of Spatial Xenon Oscillations in Large PHWRs Using Modal Synthesis Method
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Suresh C. Kandpal (Nuclear Power Corporation of India), Abhishek Chakraborty (Nuclear Power Corporation of India), Suneet Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)
Development and Initial Results of an OpenMC Model of the High Flux Isotope Reactor
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Ragai Altamimi (ORNL), Kemal Ramic (ORNL), Jorge Navarro (ORNL)
Modeling Decay Heat with a Simplified Depletion Chain in OpenMC
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Tanmay Gupta (Columbia University), Benoit Forget (MIT)
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