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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
Thursday, August 24, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Columbia 1
Session Chair:
Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan)
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Thermal Hydraulic Experiments and Code Validation for LWR SMRs Within the European McSAFER Project: Overview of Activities and Current Status
10:45–11:05AM EDT
H. Suikkanen (LUT Univ.), J. Telkkä (LUT Univ.), V. Kouhia (LUT Univ.), S. Gabriel (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), G. Albrecht (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), W. Heiler (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), F. Heineken (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), V. H. Sanchez-Espinoza (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), H. Li (Royal Institute of Technology), D. Grishchenko (Royal Institute of Technology), M. Bencik (Nuclear Research Institute Rez), L. Vyskocil (Nuclear Research Institute Rez), V. Dolecek (Nuclear Research Institute Rez), C. Queral (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), K. Fernandez-Cosials (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), L. Rueda Villegas (Tractebel ENGIE), C. R. Schneidesch (Tractebel ENGIE)
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Measurement of Aerosol Mass Transfer and Hydrodynamics in a Bubble Column Using Wire-Mesh Sensors
11:05–11:25AM EDT
Alvaro Ramos Perez (Paul Scherrer Institute), Terttaliisa Lind (Paul Scherrer Institute), Annalisa Manera (Paul Scherrer Institute), Victor Petrov (Paul Scherrer Institute), Horst-Michael Prasser (ETH Zürich)
RIVA: A New Experimental Facility for Fast Blowdown and Pressurization of Small Containment
11:25–11:45AM EDT
Lucia Sargentini (CEA), Constantin Ledier (CEA), Arnaud Chazottes (CEA)
High-Fidelity Experiments of Turbulent Buoyant Jets from Simultaneous Particle Image Velocimetry and Laser Induced Fluorescence
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
Valentina Valori (ETH Zurich), Sunming Qin (INL), Victor Petrov (ETH Zürich), Annalisa Manera (ETH Zürich)
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