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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|Cosponsored by RPD
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|4:30–6:15PM EDT
Session Chair:
Trevor Howard (Oregon State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Lander Ibarra (ANL)
Session Organizer:
Prashant K. Jain
Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (ANS)
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CFD Evaluation of Local Pressure Losses in a Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Fuel Bundle
Su-Jong Yoon (INL), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Florent Heidet (ANL)
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A Conceptual Design for Experimental Test Vehicle for VTR and Design Optimization using Multi-Physics TH Analysis
Seung Jun Kim (LANL), Josh Richard (LANL), Keith Woloshun (LANL), Jack Galloway (LANL), Russell Johns (LANL), Cetin Unal (LANL)
Steady-State Confirmatory Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of the Versatile Test Reactor
Joshua Richard (LANL), Jay Spore (LANL), Russell Johns (LANL), Seung Jun Kim (LANL), Jack Galloway (LANL), Cetin Unal (LANL)
Ex-Core Thermo-Fluidics Optimization for Transformational Challenge Reactor
P. Vegendla (ANL), A. Bergeron (ANL), M. Subhasish (ANL), A. Talamo (ANL), F. Heidet (ANL), B. J. Ade (ORNL), B. R. Betzler (ORNL)
Preliminary Frequency Analysis of the Transformational Challenge Reactor Vessel
S. Mohanty (ANL), A. Bergeron (ANL), A. Talamo (ANL), S.N.P. Vegendla (ANL), F. Heidet (ANL), B. Ade (ORNL), B. R. Betzler (ORNL)
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