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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Study mapping U-10Zr porosity informs metallic fuel design
Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have conducted a three-dimensional study of irradiated U-10Zr—uranium alloyed with 10 percent zirconium—across key radial regions, providing new insights into how the material swells, transfers heat, and interacts with the fuel cladding.
U-10Zr was extensively tested in historical sodium-cooled fast reactors and is now attracting attention for use in next-generation advanced reactors.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)
Technical Session
Thursday, June 16, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Huntington A
Session Chair:
Chuck Kessel
Alternate Chair:
Leigh Winfrey
Session Organizer:
Paul W. Humrickhouse (ORNL)
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Validation of CFD MHD Code for Liquid Metal Modeling of Tritium Breeding Blankets
Andrei Khodak (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Jonathan E. Menard (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
Paper
Transient Multiphysics Analysis of the DCLL Blanket for Fusion System Safety Analysis
Nicholas A. Meehan (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. I. Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Tritium Transport in WCLL Outboard Breeding Blanket of EU-DEMO Reactor under Pulsed Operation
Luigi Candido (Politecnico di Torino), Ciro Alberghi (Politecnico di Torino), Pietro Arena (ENEA), Fabio Moro (ENEA), Simone Noce (Università di Roma Tor Vergata), Marco Utili (ENEA), Massimo Zucchetti (Politecnico di Torino)
Liquid Metal Blanket and First Wall for a Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z-Pinch Fusion Generator
Clemente J. Parga (Zap Energy)