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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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First commercial nuclear satellite launched on SpaceX mission
On July 7, SpaceX launched Transporter-17, a smallsat rideshare mission containing 81 payloads. One of the payloads was the Betavoltaic Orbital High-Reliability (BOHR) satellite developed by City Labs.
According to the company, BOHR is “the world’s first commercial nuclear-powered satellite and first nuclear CubeSat.” The spacecraft also broke new ground in the regulatory process for launch approval for commercial nuclear projects.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Huntington A
Session Chair:
Larry Baylor (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Paul W. Humrickhouse
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Automatic Inference and Control of Field Reversed Configuration Plasmas in C-2W
Jesus A. Romero (TAE Technologies), Kevin Phung (TAE Technologies), Colin Finucane (TAE Technologies), Sergei Galkin (TAE Technologies), Deepak Gupta (TAE Technologies), Marcel Nations (TAE Technologies), Kan Zhai (TAE Technologies), Roger Smith (TAE Technologies), Roberto Mendoza (TAE Technologies), Nathan Bolte (TAE Technologies), Tommy Roche (TAE Technologies), Erik Trask (TAE Technologies), Sergei Putvinski (TAE Technologies)
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First High-Power Results from the DIII-D Helicon System
Bart Van Compernolle (General Atomics), M. W. Brookman (General Atomics), R. I. Pinsker (General Atomics), C. P. Moeller (General Atomics), J. P. Squire (General Atomics), A. M. Garofalo (General Atomics), A. Nagy (PPPL), S. Chowdhury (Univ. California, Los Angeles), N. A. Crocker (Univ. California, Los Angeles), G. DeGrandchamp (UCI), E. Hinson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), A. Marinoni (MIT), E. H. Martin (ORNL), C. C. Petty (General Atomics), M. Porkolab (MIT), C. Rost (MIT), O. Schmitz (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), J. Watkins (Sandia)
Wave Coupling and Propagation from the Helicon Antenna in LAPD
Joshua J. Larson (Univ. California, Los Angeles), Bart V. Compernolle (General Atomics), Robert I. Pinsker (General Atomics), Troy A. Carter (Univ. California, Los Angeles)
Insulating Antenna Enclosures for RF Sheath Mitigation
Gurleen Bal (Univ. California, Los Angeles), Bart V. Compernolle (General Atomics), Pat Pribyl (Univ. California, Los Angeles), Josh Larson (Univ. California, Los Angeles), Troy Carter (Univ. California, Los Angeles)
Initial Commissioning Test Results of the Wendelstein 7-X Continuous Pellet Fueling System
Steven Meitner (ORNL), Larry Baylor (ORNL)