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August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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DOE’s latest fusion strategy aims for commercial energy by the 2030s
The Department of Energy has released what it is calling a “finalized” national strategy to accelerate the development and commercialization of fusion energy, with the goal of scaling up the private fusion sector by the mid-2030s.
Released on June 9, the Fusion Science and Technology (FS&T) Roadmap builds on an earlier road map document the DOE released in October 2025, which itself echoed plans issued by the DOE’s Office of Fusion Energy Sciences in 2023 and 2024.
According to the DOE, this finalized road map brings together fusion science, technology, infrastructure, workforce development, and commercialization priorities into a single national strategy, outlining how the DOE, industry, universities, and national laboratories will work together to accelerate the path toward U.S. commercial fusion energy.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Manhattan
Session Chair:
Igor A. Bolotnov
Alternate Chair:
Arsen Iskhakov
Session Organizer:
Elia Merzari
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Direct Numerical Simulation of Low and Unitary Prandtl Number Fluids in Reactor Downcomer Geometry
Cheng-Kai Tai (NCSU), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Arsen S. Iskhakov (NCSU), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Nam Dinh (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
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Direct Numerical Simulation of High Prandtl Number Fluid Flow in the Downcomer of an Advanced Reactor
Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Cheng-Kai Tai (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
Assessing Engineering Turbulence Models in Buoyant, Non-Unity Prandtl Flow
Ralph Wiser (MIT), Emilio Baglietto (MIT), Cheng-Kai Tai (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
Quantifying Model Error in Diabatic Turbulent Flow
Ralph Wiser (MIT), Emilio Baglietto (MIT)
