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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 FCWMD
Wednesday, June 14, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EDT|Marriott 4
Session Chair:
Ben Cipiti (Sandia)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Michael S. Smith
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Assessing UN Neutronic and Fuel Performance for Extended Cycle Lengths
8:00–8:20AM EDT
Mehdi Asgari (ORNL), Jake Hirschhorn (ORNL), Eva Davidson (ORNL), Dave Kropaczek (ORNL), Andrew Godfrey (ORNL), Ryan Sweet (ORNL), James Tusar (Constellation), Moussa Mahgerefteh (Constellation), Baris Sarikaya (Constellation), William Gassmann (Constellation), Dale Bradish (Constellation)
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Excess Criticality Mitigation for Pebble Bed Reactor Fuels by Employing Burnup Credit
8:20–8:40AM EDT
Jonathan Wing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Gordon M. Petersen (INL), Robert A. Joseph (INL)
Sodium Extraction from Full-Length Fermi-1 Blanket Assembly
8:40–9:00AM EDT
B.D. Preussner (INL), S. D. Herrmann (INL), R. C. Campbell (INL), T. DiSanto (INL), J. A. Charboneau (INL), I. M. Hobbs (INL)
Minor Actinide Fueled Chloride Salt Reactor: Economics, Neutronics, and Safety
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Matthew Nyberg (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Joseph Eickman (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Una Baker (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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