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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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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
Wednesday, September 17, 2025|8:00–9:40AM CDT|Grand Salon DE
Session Chair:
Travis M. Greene
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Michael E. Rising
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Polynomial Chaos Expansion for Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of Integral Experiment Benchmark Evaluations
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Elijah C. Lutz (Sandia), John A. Miller (Sandia), Ayodeji B. Alajo (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Paper
Reassessing the Origins and Contemporary Relevance of ck Acceptability Parameters Given Evolving Perspectives on Similarity
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Veronica Karriem (ORNL), Travis Greene (ORNL), Douglas Bowen (ORNL)
Assessment of Source Term Uncertainties for Criticality Monitoring Simulations of Fukushima Daiichi Fuel Debris Retrieval Operations
8:40–9:00AM CDT
Lucas Rolison (LANL), Jawad Moussa (LANL), Michael Rising (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL)
Verification of the Uniformly-Ordered Binary Decision Algorithm in Correlated-Benchmark Whisper Calculations
9:00–9:20AM CDT
A. R. Clark (LANL), M. E. Rising (LANL)
Criticality Safety S/U based USL Calculation for UCl3-NaCl Fuel Salt Operations
9:20–9:30AM CDT
Konner Casanova (INL)
SCALE Confirmatory Calculations to Support LEU+ Burnup Credit in PWR Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analyses
9:30–9:40AM CDT
Robert A. Hall (Duke Energy), David S. Orr (Duke Energy)
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