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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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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 MSTD
Monday, June 12, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|Marriott 10
Session Chair:
Simon M. Pimblott
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Failure Analysis of the Thermal Convection Loop by the Leak of Molten Salt
1:00–1:20PM EDT
Hwa Jeong Han (Soonchunhyang Univ.), Byung Gi Park (Soonchunhyang Univ.)
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Continuous High-Speed Molten Salt Density Measurement Through Thermomechanical Analysis
1:20–1:40PM EDT
Jaron Wallace (San Rafael Energy Research Center), Kayden Alderson (San Rafael Energy Research Center)
Measurement of the Self-Diffusivity of Eutectic F7LiNaK Using Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering
1:40–2:00PM EDT
G.S. Rakib (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), S.C. Lee (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), M.A. Rose (ANL), D.M. Pajerowski (ORNL), Y Z (Univ. Michigan), B.J. Heuser (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Measurement of the Pair Distribution Function of Molten Eutectic F7LiNaK Using Neutron Diffraction
2:00–2:20PM EDT
G. S. Rakib (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), S.C. Lee (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), M.A. Rose (ANL), J.C. Neuefeind (ORNL), Y Z (Univ. Michigan), B.J. Heuser (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Lessons Learned in how to Conduct Irradiated Salt Experiments
2:20–2:40PM EDT
Charles Forsberg (MIT), David M. Carpenter (MIT), Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley), Kevin Robb (ORNL), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
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