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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Porous tungsten scrubbed by glow discharge cleaning
Researchers conducted experiments in Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s Lithium Tokamak Experiment-Beta (LTX-β) showing glow discharge cleaning can be used to effectively clean samples of porous tungsten—used to hold liquid lithium in fusion machine inner walls—manufactured from powder-reconstituted materials, according to a paper published in Nuclear Materials and Energy.
Tungsten is widely used for plasma-facing components in fusion machines, especially in the divertor region where materials must withstand extreme levels of power flow. According to the paper, spark plasma sintering can be used to make tungsten into spongelike samples for holding liquid lithium.
Technical Session
Thursday, May 19, 2022|3:30–5:15PM EDT|Brighton III/IV
Session Chair:
Una Baker (University of Wisconsin)
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Session Organizer:
Ben Lindley (University of Wisconsin)
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Comparison of LWR Decay Heat Calculations Using ANSI/ANS-5.1-2014 Standard and SCALE
Joseph R. Burns (ORNL), Germina Ilas (ORNL), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), William Wieselquist (ORNL)
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Criticality Analysis of a Variant Model of a Spent Fuel Cask
Loretta Boahemaa Manu (Harbin Engineering Univ.), Xiang Wang (Harbin Engineering Univ.)
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Scoping Studies of Subcritical Minor Actinide-Burning Fission-Fusion Hybrid Designs for Nuclear Waste Reduction
J. Ruegsegger (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), C. Moreno (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), M. Nyberg (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), T. Bohm (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), P. Wilson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), B. Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Markov Chain Models of Nuclear Transmutation: Theory and Application
Máté Halász (Budapest Univ. Technology and Economics), Mate Szieberth (Budapest Univ. Technology and Economics)
