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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 DE
Session Chair:
James R. Cole
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Deborah A. Hill
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Development and Implementation of a Nuclear and Criticality Safety Engineering Pipeline Course at North Carolina State University
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Tracy E. Stover (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)
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NCS Mentorship - Sandia Perspective, Lessons Learned, and Growth
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Ashley R. Raster (Sandia), Andres Morell-Pacheco (Sandia), James R. Cole (Sandia), John A. Miller (Sandia)
Formation of the UK Early-Careers Criticality Safety Network
8:40–9:00AM CDT
Jennifer H. Bateman (Sellafield), Jacob Willday (Sellafield), Holleigh Pearson (Urenco Capenhurst), Emma Sayce (Nuclear Transport Solutions), Nathan Sayle (United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory), Roksana Grzelak (NRS Dounreay), Tim Harris (Nuclear Waste Services), Paul Hunter (AWE), Harry Lester (Rolls-Royce), Callum Eldridge (Galson Sciences)
Progress on Implementing a Subcritical Assembly at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for Nuclear Criticality Safety Training
9:00–9:20AM CDT
Alexander Lang (ORNL), Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL), Mathieu Dupont (ORNL), Walid A. Metwally (ORNL), Veronica V. Karriem (ORNL)
A Digital Compilation of Nuclear Criticality Papers from the American Nuclear Society Transactions Published from 1958 through 1999
9:20–9:40AM CDT
Brian L. Koponen (Golden Valley Publications), John Fabian (ANS)
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