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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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From SPARC to ARC: CFS prepares for a first-of-a-kind fusion plant
Commonwealth Fusion Systems makes no small plans. The company wants to build a 400-MWe magnetic confinement fusion power plant called ARC near Richmond, Va., and begin operating it in the early 2030s. And the plans don’t end there. CFS wants to deploy “thousands” of fusion power plants capable of accelerating a global energy transition.
Technical Session|Panel
Wednesday, May 10, 2023|1:30–3:10PM MDT|Twin Falls Room
Session Chair:
Kurt Polzin
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chairs:
Sebastian C. Corbisiero
Vedant K. Mehta
This panel will discuss fission space reactor development needs with respect to computational modeling tools, technology and infrastructure, then review ongoing activities to address these needs for the NTP and FSP projects at both the NASA and National Labs, as well the review capabilities of the national lab infrastructure.
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