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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Latest News
Fusion office bill introduced in line with DOE reorganization plan
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Sens. Alex Padilla (D., Calif.) and John Cornyn (R., Texas) have introduced bipartisan legislation to formally establish the Office of Fusion at the Department of Energy. This move seeks to codify one of the many changes put forward by the recent internal reorganization plan for offices at the DOE.
Companion legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Reps. Don Beyer (D., Va.) and Jay Obernolte (R., Calif.), who are cochairs of the House Fusion Energy Caucus.
Details: According to Obernolte, “Congress must provide clear direction and a coordinated federal strategy to move fusion from the lab to the grid, and this legislation does exactly that.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fuels and Actinide Materials
Tuesday, December 12, 2023|1:00–2:40PM CST|Galerie 3
Session Chair:
Luca Capriotti (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Michael R. Tonks (Univ. Florida)
Track Organizers:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Jian Gan (INL)
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Effects of Lanthanides on Phase Distribution in As-Cast Unirradiated U-Pu-Zr Metallic Fuel
1:00–1:20PM CST
M. Mika (Univ. Florida), A. Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Paper
Stability and Diffusion of Lanthanide Fission Products in HCP Zirconium Revealed by Density Functional Theory Calculations
1:20–1:40PM CST
Shehab Shousha (NCSU), Benjamin Beeler (NCSU), Maria Okuniewski (Purdue)
In-situ TEM Studies of Microstructural and Phase Evolution in Metallic Fuel Alloys
1:40–2:00PM CST
Fidelma G. Di Lemma (INL), S. Vajayan (Michigan Tech Univ.), D. Salvato (INL), K.D. Wright (INL), L.R. Hawkins (INL), K.K. Bawane (INL), L. Capriotti (INL), T. Yao (INL)
Localized Composition of Constituent Redistribution Regions in a Neutron Irradiated U-10wt.%Zr Fuel
2:00–2:20PM CST
N. Rodriguez Perez (Purdue), J. Thomas (Purdue), M.A. Okuniewski (Purdue)
Correlating Constituent Redistribution and Fission Gas Bubble Structures in Irradiated U-Zr Fuels
2:20–2:40PM CST
Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida), Mitch Mika (Univ. Florida), Mary Sevart (Univ. Florida), Fei Xu (INL), Tiankai Yao (INL), Luca Capriotti (INL)
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