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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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Startup looks to commercialize inertial fusion energy
Another startup hoping to capitalize on progress the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has made in realizing inertial fusion energy has been launched. On August 27, San Francisco–based Inertia Enterprises, a private fusion power start-up, announced the formation of the company with the goal of commercializing fusion energy.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|4:30–6:15PM EDT
Session Chair:
Shanbin Shi
Alternate Chair:
Victor Petrov (Univ. of Michigan)
Session Organizer:
Fan-Bill Cheung
Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (ANS)
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Experimental Investigation on Local Droplet Parameters in a 2x2 Rod Bundle Under Air-Water Flow
Khalid Khasawneh (Pusan National Univ.), Taeho Kim (Pusan National Univ.), Byong-Jo Yun (Pusan National Univ.)
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Introduction of the PELICAN Loop, a Full-Scale Pressure Drop Test Facility
A. M. Grannan (ANL), D. D. Lisowski (ANL), F. Heidet (ANL)
Design of Experimental Facility for Noninvasive Measurement of Flow in HTGR Primary Components
Cody S. Wiggins (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
A Perspective on Quality Assurance in Experimental Thermal Hydraulics
Darius Lisowski (ANL)
Preliminary Study on Natural Circulation under RVACS Operation in a 3-D Facility, SINCRO-3D
Min Ho Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Dong Wook Jerng (Chung Ang Univ.), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology)
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