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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
Thursday, August 24, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Columbia 2
Session Chair:
Roberto Capanna
Alternate Chair:
Philippe M. Bardet
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Natural Convection Heat Transfer with Molten Salt in a Differentially-Heated Cavity
10:45–11:05AM EDT
Noah LeFrancois (McGill Univ.), Jovan Nedic (McGill Univ.), Melanie Tetreault-Friend (Hatch)
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A Study of Laminar-Turbulent Transition in Rod Bundles
11:05–11:25AM EDT
L. C. Aldeia Machado (Penn State), C. Bourdot Dutra (Penn State), S. P. Bistany (Penn State), E. Merzari (Penn State)
Zero-Emission Mobile Carbon Capture Facility Powered By Decay Heat of Nuclear Spent Fuels
11:25–11:45AM EDT
Muyue Li (Univ. Michigan), Zhenyu Fei (Univ. Michigan), Kunzhe Bao (Univ. Michigan), Boren Ke (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan), Lumin Wang (Univ. Michigan)
Mechanistic Modeling of Interfacial Area Transport for Vertical Round Pipes over Wide Range of Pipe Diameters
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
Zhuoran Dang (Univ. Calgary), Mamoru Ishii (Purdue), Yang Zhao (Purdue)
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