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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.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Monday, July 17, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|301E
Session Chair:
Fan Zhang
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Edward L. Quinn
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U.S. Regulatory Efforts for Cybersecurity of Advanced Reactors
3:15–3:40PM EDT
Ismael L. Garcia (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
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The Sliding Scale of Cybersecurity Applied to the Cybersecurity Analysis of Advanced Reactors
3:40–4:05PM EDT
Lee T. Maccarone (Sandia), Michael T. Rowland (Sandia)
Development of a New IEC Technical Report on Cybersecurity Risk Management for I&C and ES in Nuclear Power Plants
4:05–4:30PM EDT
Michael T. Rowland (Sandia), Edward L. Quinn (Paragon Energy Solutions), John Sladek (Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission)
Layered Attack Surface Model for Digital Assets of Nuclear Power Plants
4:30–4:55PM EDT
Michael T. Rowland (Sandia), Jenna deCastro (Sandia), Benjamin Karch (Sandia), Andrew Hahn (Sandia), Gregory White (LLNL), Shadya B. Maldonado Rosado (Sandia)
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