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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 Fuels and Actinide Materials
Tuesday, December 12, 2023|3:10–4:50PM CST|Galerie 3
Session Chair:
Fidelma Giulia Di Lemma (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Track Organizers:
Jian Gan (INL)
Michael Tonks (Univ. Florida)
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Machine Learning Interatomic Potential for Qualitative Reproduction of Phase Transition of Metal Uranium at Ambient Pressure
3:10–3:30PM CST
Jae-Hyuk Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Takuji Oda (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
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Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of the Fuel Cladding Chemical Interaction Layer Forming in a U-10Zr Fuel Sample Irradiated to High Burnup
3:30–3:50PM CST
D. Salvato (INL), A. Pradhan (INL), F. Xu (INL), K.M. Paaren (INL), F. Teng (INL), F. Di. Lemma (INL), L. Capriotti (INL), T. Yao (INL)
A Study in the Thermal Transport Properties of Sodium-Bonded U-Zr Metallic Fuels for Fast Reactors
3:50–4:10PM CST
Cynthia Adkins (INL), Daniele Salvato (INL), Tiankai Yao (INL)
Scanning Electron Microscopy on Innovative Advance Reactor Metallic Fuel Concepts
4:10–4:30PM CST
Luca Capriotti (INL), Fidelma G. Di Lemma (INL), Daniele Salvato (INL), Tammy L. Trowbridge (INL), Fei Xu (INL), Tiankai Yao (INL), Jason M. Harp (ORNL)
Advanced Cladding Irradiation Experiment Capabilities at HFIR
4:30–4:50PM CST
P.A. Champlin (ORNL), A.G. Le Coq (ORNL), K.D. Linton (ORNL), C.M. Petrie (ORNL)
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