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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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IAEA project aims to develop polymer irradiation model
The International Atomic Energy Agency has launched a new coordinated research project (CRP) aimed at creating a database of polymer-radiation interactions in the next five years with the long-term goal of using the database to enable machine learning–based predictive models.
Radiation-induced modifications are widely applicable across a range of fields including healthcare, agriculture, and environmental applications, and exposure to radiation is a major factor when considering materials used at nuclear power plants.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE 2026)
Technical Session|6. Plasma Physics Engineering
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Room 4
Session Chair:
Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Alternate Chair:
Thomas Fuerst (Idaho National Laboratory)
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Exploring passive disruption mitigation techniques in the ARC-class reactor: the Liquid Sandwich Vacuum Vessel.
1:00–1:20PM MDT
Gabriele Ferrero (MIT PSFC), Joseph Jerkins (MIT PSFC), Ethan E. Peterson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Christopher Hansen (Columbia University), Jeffrey P. Freidberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Dennis Whyte (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Sara E. Ferry (MIT PSFC)
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Modeling Impurity Ion Transport in HIDRA During Lithium Evaporation
1:20–1:40PM MDT
Steven P. Gula (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Andrew Shone (Tokamak Energy Inc.), Nina Mihajlov (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Arnav Goyal (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Rajesh Maingi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Andrei Khodak (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Sergey Smolentsev (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)), Daniel E. Andruczyk (University of Illinois), Davide Curreli (University of Illinois)
Time-Dependent Strike-Point Sweeping Simulation in MAST-U using the FreeGSNKE MHD Equilibrium Code in the IPS-FASTRAN Framework
1:40–2:00PM MDT
Ehab Hassan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Sebastian De Pascuale (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Ivan Paradela Perez (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Davis Easley (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Burn Control in ITER by Maximization of Ion Cyclotron Power Absorption Through Regulation of Helium-3 Concentration
2:00–2:20PM MDT
Vincent Graber (Lehigh University), Eugenio Schuster (Lehigh University), Christopher Klepper (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Ernesto Lerche (Laboratory for Plasma Physics, ERM/KMS), Theodore M. Biewer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jeremy Lore (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Flexible, Axisymmetric MHD Solver for Coupled Plasma and Liquid Metal Blanket Dynamics
2:20–2:40PM MDT
Sophia Guizzo (Columbia University), Christopher Hansen (Columbia University), Samuel Freiberger (Columbia University), Carlos A. Paz-Soldan (Columbia University)
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