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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Latest News
Report: Funding growth for private fusion companies
A new report from the F4E Fusion Observatory highlights the robust growth of investments in private companies that are developing fusion energy technologies. The report, Global Investment in the Private Fusion Sector, is an updated release of a previous F4E Fusion Observatory report, published “in response to the unprecedented acceleration of investments in fusion companies since June 2025, which are consolidating fusion as a fast-growing emerging market.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fundamental Irradiation Damage
Tuesday, December 12, 2023|8:00–9:40AM CST|Galerie 6
Session Chair:
Yanwen Zhang (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Flyura Djurabekova (Univ. Helsinki)
Track Organizers:
Steve Zinkle (University of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Mitra Taheri (Johns Hopkins University)
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Machine-Learned Interatomic Potentials for Radiation Damage in Metals and Alloys
8:00–8:40AM CST
J. Byggmästar (Univ. Helsinki), K. Nordlund (Univ. Helsinki), F. Djurabekova (Univ. Helsinki)
Paper
Atomistically-Informed Cluster Dynamics Modelling of Concurrent Interstitial and Vacancy a-Loop Evolution in Alpha-Zirconium
8:40–9:00AM CST
Jose F. March-Rico (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Sophie Blondel (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Brian D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Hydrogen Pickup via the Implantation of Collision Recoils
9:00–9:20AM CST
Richard W. Smith (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Bruce F. Kammenzind (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
Faulted Vacancy Basal Pyramids and Their Impact on Breakaway Growth in α-Zr
9:20–9:40AM CST
N. Militello (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), S. Blondel (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), J.F. March-Rico (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), B.D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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