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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Zap Energy hits 37-million-degree electron temperatures in compact fusion device
Zap Energy announced April 23 that it has reached 1-3 keV plasma electron temperatures—roughly the equivalent of 11 to 37 million degrees Celsius—using its sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch approach to fusion. Reaching temperatures above that of the sun’s core (which is 10 million degrees Celsius temperature) is just one hurdle required before any fusion confinement concept can realistically pursue net gain and fusion energy.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair:
Erin Wehlage (Studsvik)
Alternate Chair:
W. Neal Mann
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Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (ANS)
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The Fast Modular Reactor (FMR) - Development Plan of a New 50 MWe Gas-cooled Fast Reactor
Hangbok Choi (General Atomics), John Bolin (General Atomics), Oscar Gutierrez (General Atomics), James O'Hara (General Atomics), Ryan Hon (General Atomics), Robert Schleicher (General Atomics), Howard Chiger (General Atomics), Arthur Evans (General Atomics), Edward Bowles (General Atomics), Ron Faibish (General Atomics), Christina Back (General Atomics)
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Preliminary Tritium Accident Analyses for Licensing of Commercial Fusion Facilities
Liam Hines (MIT), R. Patrick White (MIT)
Populating a Molten Salt Component Reliability Database: Opportunities, Challenges, and Lessons Learned
Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Carole Leach (Vanderbilt Univ.), Irfan Ibrahim (Vanderbilt Univ.), Andrew Sowder (EPRI)
Fuel Salt Sampling and Enriching Technology Design Development -- Project Update
Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Paul Marotta (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.)
Electromagnetic Level Sensor for Use in Liquid Metals - Design and Testing
Edward Kent (ANL), Chris Grandy (ANL), Duane DiCenzo (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Heng Ban (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
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