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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|New and Advanced Reactors
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Gunston East/West
Session Chair:
Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Alternate Chair:
Piyush Sabharwall
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Investigation of Hybrid Heat Pipe Shutdown Rod Concept of Microreactor as a Passive Safety System
10:45–11:05AM EDT
Dong Hun Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
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Thermal Stress Analysis for Heat Pipe Cooled Microreactor Core Varying Condenser Temperature
11:05–11:25AM EDT
Myung Jin Jeong (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), San Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Jaeuk Im (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Hyoung Kyu Cho (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Experimental Study on the Start-up Characteristics and Performance of a Ten Sodium Heat Pipe Bundle Array
11:25–11:45AM EDT
Pei-Hsun Huang (Univ. Michigan), Taehwan Ahn (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan)
Nuclear Spaceship for Interplanetary Cruise Using a Micro Fast Reactor
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
Tadashi Narabayashi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Study on Startup Characteristic of a Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle Coupled with Heat Pipe Cooled Reactor
12:05–12:25PM EDT
Zheng Wang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Minghui Zhang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Shihao Xu (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Junli Gou (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Jianqiang Shan (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.)
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