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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
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Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE 2026)
Technical Session|2. Fusion Fuel Cycle Technologies
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|10:00–11:45AM MDT|Tower B
Session Chair:
Thomas Fuerst (INL)
Session Organizer:
Lane Carasik
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CALPHAD-assisted Compositional Grading and One-step Spark Plasma Sintering of W/V Joints for Nuclear Fusion Applications
10:00–10:01AM MDT
Ella Nicole Viray (Univ. North Texas), Maria Gonzalez (Univ. North Texas), Darean Isbell (Univ. North Texas), Michael Yerrid (Univ. North Texas), Christian Garcia (Univ. North Texas), Cristian Urias (Univ. North Texas), Jonathan Rodriguez (Univ. North Texas), Sundeep Mukherjee (Univ. North Texas), Vijay Vasudevan (Univ. North Texas), Thomas Scharf (Univ. North Texas)
Paper
Overview of Fusion Technology Activities at Columbia University
10:01–10:11AM MDT
Carlos A. Paz-Soldan (Columbia Univ.)
Vanadium Membranes Used as Metal Foil Pumps
10:11–10:21AM MDT
Joshua Ruby (Univ. Rochester), Zachary Robinson (Univ. Rochester), Matthew Sharpe (Univ. Rochester), W. Udo U. Schröder (Univ. Rochester)
Modeling a Permeation Against Vacuum Tritium Extraction System for Nuclear Fusion Fuel Cycles
10:21–10:31AM MDT
Kaelyn Dunnell (MIT), Chirag Khurana (MIT), Jarred Jordan (Georgia Tech), Huihua N. Yang (MIT), Shaheen A. Dewji (Georgia Tech), Remi Delaporte-Mathurin (MIT), James Dark (MIT)
Multiscale Assessment of Tritium Behavior in Preliminary Fusion Pilot Plant Design Using Surrogate Models in TMAP8
10:31–10:41AM MDT
Lin Yang (INL), Pierre-Clement A. Simon (INL), Emre Yildirim (Tokamak Energy), José Trueba (Tokamak Energy), Matthew Robinson (Tokamak Energy), Masashi Shimada (INL)
Design and Implementation of an Energy-Resolved Runaway Electron Flux Probe for ADITYA-U Tokamak
10:41–10:51AM MDT
Soumitra Banerjee (Institute for Plasma Research)
Development of Radiation-Hard Millimeter-wave Diagnostics for D-T Fusion Reactors
10:51–11:01AM MDT
Yilun Zhu (Univ. California, Davis), Ying Chen (Univ. California, Davis), Pin-Jung Chen (Univ. California, Davis), Jon Dannenberg (Univ. California, Davis), Logan Himes (Univ. California, Davis), Xiaoliang Li (Univ. California, Davis), Xinhang Xu (Univ. California, Davis), Calvin Domier (Univ. California, Davis), Lei Li (Cornell Univ.), James Hwang (Cornell Univ.)
Ultrasonic Multipoint Waveguide Temperature Sensor for Divertor Diagnostics in Fusion Power Plants
11:01–11:11AM MDT
Dan Xiang (X-wave Innovations), Dheeraj Velicheti (X-wave Innovations), Joshua Daw (INL)
Development Status of Plasma/Ion Beam Irradiation and NDT Technologies for Innovative Fusion Divertors
11:11–11:21AM MDT
Dong Won Lee (KAERI)
Ammonia Decomposition Catalyst Development for Permeation Membrane Reactors
11:21–11:31AM MDT
Tyler Guin (SRNL), Christopher J. Koch (SRNL), Jennifer Naglic (SRNL), Logan Kearney (ORNL), Jochen Lauterbach (Univ. South Carolina), Lucas Angelette (SRNL)
Advances in Proton Conducting Ceramics Use in the Fusion Energy Blanket and Fuel Cycle
11:31–11:41AM MDT
Thomas Fuerst (INL), Wei Tang (INL), Zeyu Zhao (INL), Pierre-Clément Simon (INL), Joshua Gomez (INL), Lin Yang (INL), Meng Li (INL), Chase N. Taylor (INL), Dong Ding (INL)
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