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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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DOE approves Xcimer’s laser fusion power plant design
The Department of Energy has approved Xcimer Energy's Athena fusion power plant preconceptual technical design. With this milestone achieved, the Denver, Colo.-based company is now moving forward with its plans to develop economical laser inertial confinement fusion using two beamlines, gas laser technology, and a molten salt fusion chamber.
The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory demonstrated net energy gain from inertial confinement fusion in 2022 using solid-state glass lasers and 192 beamlines.
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Sweeney B|Session Chair: Andrew Zillmer
Tuesday, May 7, 2024|10:00–11:40AM MDT
Panel|Sweeney F|Session Chair: Lindsay Kaldon
Tuesday, May 7, 2024|1:00–2:40PM MDT
Sweeney B|Session Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell
Tuesday, May 7, 2024|3:15–4:55PM MDT
Sweeney B|Session Chair: Michael C. Miller
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|10:00–11:40AM MDT
Sweeney B|Session Chair: Randy Bell
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|1:00–2:40PM MDT
Sweeney B|Session Chair: Mikaela Blood
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|3:15–4:55PM MDT
Sweeney B|Session Chair: Scott Wilson
Thursday, May 9, 2024|10:00–11:40AM MDT
Panel|Sweeney F|Session Chair: Timothy Reuter
Sweeney B|Session Chair: Aditya Shivprasad
Thursday, May 9, 2024|1:00–2:40PM MDT
Sweeney B|Session Chair: Georgette Alexander-Morrison
Thursday, May 9, 2024|3:15–4:55PM MDT
Coronado/DeVargas|Session Chair: Christopher (Britton) Reynolds
Sweeney B|Session Chair: Minghui Chen
Coronado/DeVargas|Session Chair: Erofil Kardoulaki
Panel|Sweeney F|Session Chairs: Lee S. Mason, Mohamed El-Genk
Coronado/DeVargas|Session Chair: Lindsey Holmes
Panel|Sweeney F|Session Chair: Kate Kelly
Coronado/DeVargas|Session Chair: Katey Lenox
Coronado/DeVargas|Session Chair: Timothy Schriener
Coronado/DeVargas|Session Chair: Mikaela Blood
Coronado/DeVargas|Cosponsored by Radioisotope Power Systems|Session Chair: Stacey L. Eaton
Coronado/DeVargas|Session Chair: Doug Burns
Sweeney CDE|Session Chair: Holly R. Trellue
Thursday, May 9, 2024|11:40AM–1:00PM MDT
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Nick R. Wozniak
Panel|Sweeney F|Session Chair: Harsh Desai
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Stacey L. Eaton
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Gabrielle Lee
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Jake R. Matthews
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Elizabeth Bluhm
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Duane Barber
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Nick Wozniak
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Roberta Mulford
Coronado/DeVargas|Sponsored by Nuclear Thermal Propulsion|Cosponsored by Radioisotope Power Systems|Session Chair: Stacey L. Eaton
Sweeney A|Session Chair: Tim Tinsley
