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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
Thursday, December 14, 2023|3:10–4:50PM CST|Galerie 3
Session Chair:
Elizabeth S. Sooby (University of Texas at San Antonio)
Alternate Chair:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Track Organizers:
Jian Gan (INL)
Michael Tonks (Univ. Florida)
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Thermodynamic Assessment of NaF-KF-UF4 for Molten Salt Reactor Design
3:10–3:30PM CST
L. Voigt (Seaborg Technologies), M. Fache (JRC European Commission), J. Ocadiz Flores (Delft Univ. Technology), L. Ruszczynski (Delft Univ. Technology), J.T.M. Amphlett (Seaborg Technologies), A.L. Smith (Delft Univ. Technology), O. Beneš (JRC European Commission)
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Accelerated Isothermal MiniFuel Irradiations Using Liquid Metal Encapsulation
3:30–3:50PM CST
Zane Wallen (ORNL), Ryan Gallagher (Kairos Power), Kara Godsey (ORNL), Annabelle Le Coq (ORNL), Christian Petrie (ORNL), Caleb Massey (ORNL), Richard Howard (ORNL), Jorge Navarro (ORNL), Jim Nash (ORNL)
Atomic Scale Investigation of the Effect of Americium on the Properties of Nuclear Oxide Fuels
3:50–4:10PM CST
B. Labonne (CEA), C. Gueneau (CEA), M. Bertolus (CEA)
Correlating Atomic Structure with Elastic Properties in Non-Textured Pyrocarbon
4:10–4:30PM CST
Raphaelle David (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Yongfeng Zhang (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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