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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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General Atomics announces breeding blanket test facility
General Atomics announced it is developing design concepts in collaboration with the Department of Energy for the Fusion Blanket Component Test Facility (BCTF), which will test full-scale breeding blankets.
“No one has tested a fusion blanket at this scale. While there are more research and development challenges ahead, a BCTF brings us closer to turning fusion from proven science into practical, sustainable power,” said Anantha Krishnan, senior vice president of the General Atomics Energy Group.
Technical Session
Monday, September 26, 2022|10:20AM–12:00PM PDT|Harbor
Session Chair:
Bor Kos (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Iole Palermo (CIEMAT)
Session Organizer:
Thomas M. Miller (ORNL)
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Radiation Shielding Estimations for the IFMIF-DONES Building Rooms During Activated High Flux Test Module Maintenance Operations
10:20–10:45AM PDT
Gediminas Stankunas (Lithuanian Energy Institute)
Paper
Shielding Design of the Helium Cooled Pebble Bed Breeding Blanket for DEMO Fusion Reactor
10:45–11:10AM PDT
Iole Palermo (CIEMAT), Francisco A. Hernández (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Pavel Pereslavtsev (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), David Rapisarda (CIEMAT), David Sosa (CIEMAT), Guangming Zhou (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)
Presentation Video (Visible to Attendees) — video HCPB Iole Palermo
Update of Nuclear Responses in the ITER Superconducting Magnets Using the E-lite 360⁰ Analysis Model
11:10–11:35AM PDT
M. Fabbri (Fusion For Energy), R. Pampin (Fusion for Energy), F. Gauthier (ITER Organization), N. Mitchell (ITER Organization), G. Pedroche (TECF3IR), A. Cubi (Latesys)
Advanced Shielding and Reflector Materials to Enhance the HT DCLL BB for the EU-DEMO Fusion Reactor
11:35AM–12:00PM PDT
Iole Palermo (CIEMAT), David Rapisarda (CIEMAT), David Sosa (CIEMAT)
Presentation Video (Visible to Attendees) — video HT- DCLL Iole Palermo