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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 RPD
Tuesday, June 13, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|Kentucky
Session Chair:
Benjamin R. Betzler
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
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Nuclear Data Uncertainty Quantification of High Flux Isotope Reactor Low-Enriched Uranium Design
3:15–3:35PM EDT
D. Hartanto (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), B.R. Betzler (ORNL), J.R. Burns (ORNL), D. Chandler (ORNL), C. Sizemore (ORNL)
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Equilibrium Cycle Modeling of a Generic mHTGR Similar to the Xe-100
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Annie Berens (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Benchmark Calculations for Peach Bottom Unit 2 and Hatch Unit 1 Using the SCALE-6.3.0/Polaris-PARCS v3.4.2 Code Package
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Kang Seog Kim (ORNL), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Andrew M. Ward (Univ. Michigan), Matthew A. Jessee (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Benchmark Calculations for BEAVRS and Watt Bar Unit 1 Using the SCALE-6.3.0/Polaris-PARCS v3.4.2 Code Package
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Improvement of SCALE Infrastructure on Microsoft Windows
4:35–4:55PM EDT
Shane W.D. Hart (ORNL), Seth R. Johnson (ORNL), Robert A. Lefebvre (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
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