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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 THD
Tuesday, June 13, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|Marriott 2
Session Chair:
Donna Guillen (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Izabela Gutowska (OSU)
Session Organizer:
Marilyn Delgado
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High Temperature Gas Reactor Coolant Break Size and Temperature Impact on Reactor Cavity Oxygen Concentration
1:00–1:20PM EDT
Derek W. Kultgen (Purdue), Shripad T. Revankar (Purdue), Benjamin C. Billett (Purdue), Andrew J. Bergeon (Purdue)
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Integration of an Electrically Heated DC Rod for the Transient Reactor Test Loop
1:20–1:40PM EDT
Allison Wilson (Oregon State), Trevor Kent Howard (Oregon State), Jaden Miller (Oregon State), Musa Moussaoui (Oregon State), Guillaume Mignot (Oregon State), Aaron Weiss (Oregon State), Wade Marcum (Oregon State)
Pressure Drop Measurements of Twisted Tape Inserts with Smaller Widths for Advanced Reactor Applications
1:40–2:00PM EDT
Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Experimental Investigations of Natural Circulation by Convection Heat Transfer in a Plenum-to-Plenum Dual Channel Facility
2:00–2:20PM EDT
Zeyad Zeitoun (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Ahmed Jasim (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Mahmoud M. Taha (Alexandria Univ.), Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
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