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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
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)
