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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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A year in orbit: ISS deployment tests radiation detectors for future space missions
The predawn darkness on a cool Florida night was shattered by the ignition of nine Merlin engines on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The thrust of the engines shook the ground miles away. From a distance, the rocket appeared to slowly rise above the horizon. For the cargo onboard, the launch was anything but gentle, as the ignition of liquid oxygen generated more than 1.5 million pounds of force. After the rocket had been out of sight for several minutes, the booster dramatically returned to Earth with several sonic booms in a captivating show of engineering designed to make space travel less expensive and more sustainable.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE 2026)
Technical Session|9. Industry Applications and Supply Chain
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|10:15AM–12:00PM MDT|Tower D
Session Chair:
Lauren M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Session Organizer:
Thomas Fuerst (INL)
Track Organizer:
Lane Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Results from Lawson Machine 26 – The Large-Scale Magnetized Target Fusion Demonstration
10:15–10:35AM MDT
Myles Hildebrand (General Fusion), Michel Laberge (General Fusion), Stephen Howard (General Fusion), Kelly Epp (General Fusion), Aaron Froese (General Fusion), Pat Carle (General Fusion), Meritt Reynolds (General Fusion), Dylan Brennan (General Fusion), Dave Plant (General Fusion)
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Century Phase 2: Results from 0.2 Hz Operations in Zap Energy’s Liquid Metal Cooled Repetitive Z-Pinch Device
10:35–10:55AM MDT
Clyde J. Beers (Zap Energy), Christopher Dion (Zap Energy), Brian Kelleher (Zap Energy), Vidya Nalajala (Zap Energy), Matthew Thompson (Zap Energy)
Demonstration of Continuous-Operation Laser Fusion Systems: Integrated Target Injection, Tracking, and Multi-Beam Illumination at 10 Hz
10:55–11:15AM MDT
Kazuki Matsuo (EX-Fusion), Takuya Sugimoto (EX-Fusion), Kazuhiro Agatsuma (EX-Fusion), Yoichiro Hironaka (EX-Fusion), Yoshitaka Mori (EX-Fusion), Max Monange (EX-Fusion)
STEP Approach to Value Generation and Supply Chain Development
11:15–11:35AM MDT
Ema Burden (U.K. Industrial Fusion Solutions)
An Outline of UKIFS’s Major Activities to Develop Confidence in the STEP Design and Advance Fusion Technologies
11:35–11:55AM MDT
Simon Harper (U.K. Industrial Fusion Solutions), Declan Stone (U.K. Industrial Fusion Solutions)
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