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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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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.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)
Tuesday, July 18, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|300C
Session Chair:
Alexander J. Huning
Alternate Chair:
Michael D. Muhlheim
Session Organizer:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
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Xe-100 PRA Initiating Events and Human Reliability Analysis Modeling Frameworks During the Early Design Stages
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Mostafa Hamza (NCSU), Huafei Liao (X-energy), Luke McSweeney (X-energy), Mark Cursey (X-energy), Karl Fleming (Technology Insights), Glen Lawson (X-energy), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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The Impact of Small Modular Reactor Design on Licensing and Regulation
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Muhammad Mahad (Ontario Power Generation), Lixuan Lu (Ontario Tech Univ.)
Considerations for the Risk-Informed Performance-Based Regulatory Treatment of Non-Core Sources of Radioactivity for Advanced Reactors
1:50–2:15PM EDT
David Grabaskas (ANL), Ben Chen (ANL), Scott Ferrara (INL), Jason Christensen (INL), Jason Andrus (INL)
NEAMS Activities Supporting Mechanistic Source Term Model Development for Molten Salt Reactors
2:15–2:40PM EDT
Shayan Shahbazi (ANL), Mauricio Tano (INL), Sara Thomas (ANL), Samuel Walker (INL), Abdalla Abou Jaoude (INL), Yeongshin Jeong (ANL), Rushi Gong (Penn State), Dong Hoon Kam (ANL), Ben Chen (ANL), David Grabaskas (ANL)
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