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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Studsvik applies to build more reactors; Sweden seeks majority control of SMR company
New developments in Sweden’s nuclear energy industry continue to make headlines. Last week, Swedish engineering services firm Studsvik submitted an application to build between 600 MWe and 1,400 MWe of new nuclear power capacity “at and around” its Nyköping Municipality headquarters. Separately, the Swedish government is looking to acquire a majority ownership stake in Videberg Kraft AB.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE 2026)
Technical Session|4. Fusion Materials
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Tower C
Session Chair:
Andrea Lehn-Bradshaw (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Session Organizer:
Thomas Fuerst (INL)
Track Organizer:
Lane Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Evaluation of Ceramic First-Wall Material Candidates for Magneto-Inertial Fusion Generators
3:15–3:35PM MDT
Luca Cappelli (Oak Ridge Associated Univs.), Tessa Van Volkenburg (Helion Energy), Ria Meston (Helion Energy)
Paper
Evaluation of Bulk W-Ti Alloys Under Thermal and Deuterium Plasma Extremes
3:35–3:55PM MDT
Eric J. Lang (Univ. New Mexico)
Recrystallization Analysis of the Helium-Cooled Tungsten T-tube Divertor
3:55–4:15PM MDT
Michael L. Lanahan (SciTec), James P. Blanchard (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Said I. Abdel-Khalik (Georgia Tech), Minami Yoda (Michigan State)
Materials Development Progress for the First ARC™ Fusion Power Plant
4:15–4:35PM MDT
Lauren M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Amit Behera (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Trevor Clark (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Cody Dennett (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Andrea Lehn-Bradshaw (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Xiang Chen (ORNL), Jaime Marian (Univ. California, Los Angeles), Michael P. Short (MIT), Vijay Vasudevan (Univ. North Texas), Gary S. Was (Univ. Michigan), Brian D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
