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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|1:00–2:45PM EDT|Rotunda
Session Chair:
Christian M. Petrie
Alternate Chair:
Matt Gibson
Session Organizer:
N. Dianne B. Ezell
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Development, Testing, and Validation of Fabry-Pérot Cavity Acoustic Sensors for Microreactor Applications
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Anthony Birri (ORNL), Daniel C. Sweeney (ORNL), Holden C. Hyer (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)
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SMRs I&C Associated Challenges: Case of Argentinian Design CAREM
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Ricardo Garcia (Tecnatom), Cecilia Laura Alberto (CNEA), Mateo Ramos (Tecnatom), Luis Rejas (Tecnatom)
EPRI Digital Systems Engineering Framework: A Modern Approach
1:50–2:15PM EDT
Matt Gibson (EPRI)
Planned Irradiation of IN-Pile Steady State Extreme Temperature Testbed
2:15–2:40PM EDT
Emily Hutchins (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Lawrence Heilbronn (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Brandon Wilson (ORNL), N. Dianne Ezell (ORNL)
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