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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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New consortium to address industry need for nuclear heat and power
Hoping to tackle a growing global demand for energy, The Open Group, a vendor-neutral technology and standards membership organization, has announced the formation of the Industrial Advanced Nuclear Consortium (IANC) to collaborate on finding advanced nuclear energy solutions to serve industrial customers.
Technical Session|Fusion
Tuesday, October 8, 2024|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Room 4
Session Chair:
Chase N. Taylor (INL)
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Overview of Fusion Safety Program
1:00–1:20PM MDT
M. Shimada (INL), C.N. Taylor (INL), T.F. Fuerst (INL), A.A. Riet (INL), M.D. Eklund (INL), H. Gietl (INL), L.S. Loftus (INL), P. Calderoni (INL)
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Investigating CAD-Based Geometry Workflows for Multiphysics Fusion Problems Using OpenMC and MOOSE
1:20–1:40PM MDT
Mahmoud Eltawila (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), April J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Pierre-Clément A. Simon (INL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Derek Gaston (INL)
Kinetic Plasma Simulation in the MOOSE Framework: Verification of Electrostatic Particle in Cell Capabilities
1:40–2:00PM MDT
Grayson S. Gall (NCSU), Logan H. Harbour (INL), Casey T. Icenhour (INL), Pierre-Clement A. Simon (INL), Derek Gaston (INL), Amanda M. Lietz (NCSU)
Developing Multiphysics, Integrated, High-Fidelity, Massively Parallel Computational Capabilities for Fusion Applications Using MOOSE
2:00–2:20PM MDT
Pierre-Clement A. Simon (INL), Casey T. Icenhour (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL), Alexander D. Lindsay (INL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Logan H. Harbour (INL), Derek Gaston (INL), Mauricio E. Tano (INL), Helen Brooks (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), April J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Mahmoud Eltawila (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Amanda M. Lietz (NCSU), Grayson Gall (NCSU), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Susana Reyes (Xcimer Energy)
Fusion Superconducting Magnet Electromagnetic Modeling and Simulation at Idaho National Laboratory: A Review and Look Ahead
2:20–2:40PM MDT
Casey T. Icenhour (INL)
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