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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|Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Simulations
Wednesday, April 30, 2025|8:00–9:40AM MDT|E.P. Ensley A
Session Chair:
Yaqi Wang (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Vincent Laboure (BWX Technologies)
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Time-Dependent Power Reconstruction Methodology Using Interpolated Fractions and Peaking Factors in the Mixcoatl 2.0 Software
8:00–8:25AM MDT
Vincent Laboure (BWX Technologies), Chase Lawing (BWX Technologies), Phil Hegedus (BWX Technologies), Bryan Zilka (BWX Technologies)
Paper
Solving Point Kinetics Equations Using Matrix Exponentials and Reactivity Extrapolation
8:25–8:50AM MDT
Emmanuel Lefevre (TechnicAtome), Mael Akouz (TechnicAtome)
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Application of the Pathline Method to the Aircraft Reactor Experiment
8:50–9:15AM MDT
Mathis Caprais (CEA), Nathan Greiner (CEA), André Bergeron (CEA)
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The Parareal Algorithm as Applied to Coupled Point Kinetics and Thermal-Hydraulics Models for Reactor Transients
9:15–9:40AM MDT
Timothy M. Kiefer (NCSU), Nick J. Adamowicz (Bettis Atomic Power Lab), Gabriel Kooreman (Bettis Atomic Power Lab)
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