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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|Experimental Thermal Hydraulics
Monday, August 21, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Gunston East/West
Session Chair:
Jun Wang (TerraPower)
Alternate Chair:
Minghui Chen
Session Organizer:
Xiaodong Sun
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Performance Analysis of Water Heat Pipe for Application of the Passive Cooling System in Nuclear Power Plants
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Ye Yeong Park (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
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Experimental Investigation of Heat Pipe Flow Dynamics and Performance
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Ilyas Yilgor (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Shanbin Shi (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Experimental Study on the Start-up of the Annular Wick Type Heat Pipe Using Fiber Optical Temperature Measurement Technique
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Joseph Seo (TAMU), Hansol Kim (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
Experimental Study on the Characteristics of Thermal Interaction Between Liquid Metal with Water
4:30–4:50PM EDT
Lin Zhang (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Chang Deng (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Xiaojing Liu (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.)
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