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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
Thursday, September 18, 2025|8:00–9:40AM CDT|Grand Salon AB
Session Chair:
Rowdy Davis
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jesson D. Hutchinson
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Status of the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Catherine M. Percher (LLNL), John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), William J. Marshall (ORNL), Julie-Fiona Martin (OECD NEA), Ian P. Hill (OECD NEA), Tatiana Ivanova (OECD NEA)
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Reactor Critical Experiments of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility with Noteworthy Non-fissile Stainless Steel Elements Sensitivity
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Mathieu Dupont (ORNL), Wei Ji (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Matthew D. Eklund (INL)
Presented by Andrew Holcomb (ORNL)
Computational Investigation of 2D Nuclide Concentrations at Burnups close to Peak Reactivity in the Context of the LAGER Project
8:40–9:00AM CDT
Volker Hannstein (BGZ Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung mbH), Maik Stuke (BGZ Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung mbH)
The Need to Revise the Flattop-Plutonium Benchmark
9:00–9:10AM CDT
Kristin N. Stolte (LANL), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL)
TRISO-form HALEU-fueled Experiment for Transport Applications (THETA) Serpent 2 Benchmarking
9:10–9:30AM CDT
Alex Levinsky (LANL), Kristin N. Stolte (LANL), Michael E. Rising (LANL), Christopher B. Campbell (Kairos Power), Nader Satvat (Kairos Power), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL)
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