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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.
Technical Session|Fundamental Thermal Hydraulics
Monday, August 21, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Columbia 2
Session Chair:
Antonio Cammi
Alternate Chair:
Philippe Planquart
Session Organizer:
Philippe M. Bardet
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Two Scale Two-Flux Model for Density Wave and Slug Flow Instabilities
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Alejandro Clausse (Purdue), Alexander Lopez-de-Bertodano (Univ. Chicago), Martin Lopez-de-Bertodano (Purdue)
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Gas Ingress During Side Vessel Break: Experiments and Numerical Simulations with a Simplified Pool-Type Scaled Water Model
3:50–4:10PM EDT
M. Faruoli (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), M. Delsipee (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), Ph. Planquart (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), G. Scheveneels (SCK CEN), B. Yamaji (SCK CEN)
Vapor Pressure and Temperature Analyses on a Gravity-Assisted Wrapped Screen Wick Annular Heat Pipe
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Daniel Orea (TAMU), N.K. Anand (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
Experimental Investigation of Two-Phase Pressure Drop and Flow Regime Visualization in Chevron-Type Plate Heat Exchangers
4:30–4:50PM EDT
Stefano Passoni (Politecnico di Milano), Riccardo Mereu (Politecnico di Milano), Stefano Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano), Fabio Inzoli (Politecnico di Milano), Marco Enrico Ricotti (Politecnico Di Milano)
Study on the Effect of Length to Diameter Ratio on Critical Flow Based on RELAP5/MOD3.3 Simulations
4:50–5:10PM EDT
Wenda Liu (North China Univ. Electric Power), Xinguo Yu (North China Univ. Electric Power)
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