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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 Evolution of Material Properties
Thursday, December 14, 2023|1:00–2:40PM CST|Galerie 1
Session Chair:
Jason Trelewicz (Stony Brook University)
Alternate Chair:
Thak Sang Byun (ORNL)
Track Organizers:
Gary Was (Univ. Michigan)
Dong Liu (University of Bristol)
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Generalizable Neural Network Prediction of Density in Molten Salt Mixtures
1:00–1:20PM CST
J. Barra (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell), S. Shahbazi (ANL), T. Starkus (ANL), A. Birri (ORNL), P. Balaprakash (ORNL), S.T. Lam (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell)
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Development of Accurate Potential Model for Molten Potassium Chloride Using Machine Learning and Pressure-Based Correction
1:20–1:40PM CST
Lee Hyunseok (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Takuji Oda (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Friction and Wear of Candidate Metal Alloys for Fluoride Salt Pump Bearing and Shaft Materials
1:40–2:00PM CST
L. Vergari (Univ. California, Berkeley), M. Borrello (Univ. California, Berkeley), Y.J. Xu (Univ. California, Berkeley), R.O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Evaluating the Methodology of Static Isothermal Molten Salt Compatibility Experiments
2:00–2:20PM CST
B.A. Pint (ORNL), D. Sulejmanovic (ORNL), Y.-F. Su (ORNL), R. Pillai (ORNL), W. Reed (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Corrosion Interface of α-Iron and Liquid Lead Using Machine Learning Potential
2:20–2:40PM CST
Seoyeon Bak (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Takuji Oda (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
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