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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
Thursday, July 20, 2023|8:00–9:30AM EDT|301E
Session Chair:
Padhraic L. Mulligan
Alternate Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell
Session Organizer:
Daniel G. Cole
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High Flux Isotope Reactor Irradiation of Self-Powered Neutron Detectors
8:00–8:25AM EDT
Padhraic L. Mulligan (ORNL), Daniel C. Sweeney (ORNL), Kara M. Godsey (ORNL), N. Dianne B. Ezell (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)
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Methods for Continuously Resolving Spectral Shifts in Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors Irradiated to Extreme Neutron Fluence
8:25–8:50AM EDT
Daniel C. Sweeney (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)
Demonstration of a Model-Based Approach for Formal Verification of I&C Logics
8:50–9:15AM EDT
Joonas Linnosmaa (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Antti Pakonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Jarmo Alanen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
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