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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
Tuesday, May 17, 2022|1:30–3:15PM EDT|Haselton
Session Chair:
Giuseppe Palmiotti
Session Organizers:
Piero Ravetto (Politecnico di Torino)
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The Fast Neutron Source at UTK: A Project with Massimo Salvatores
V. Sobes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), J. Pevey (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), A. Depillis (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), O. Chvala (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), S. Bogetic (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), W. Hines (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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A Revisitation of the ENEA TAPIRO Fast Source Reactor Neutronic Capabilities.
S. Dulla (Politecnico di Torino), M. Carta (ENEA), N. Burgio (ENEA), V. Fabrizio (ENEA), L. Falconi (ENEA), V. Peluso (ENEA), A. Santagata (ENEA)
A Refined Assessment of Nuclear Data Target Accuracy Requirements for ALFRED
Donato Maurizio Castelluccio (ENEA), Giacomo Grasso (ENEA), Francesco Lodi (ENEA), Vincenzo Peluso (ENEA)
Status of the WPEC Subgroup 46 Efficient and Effective Use of Integral Experiments for Nuclear Data Validation
M. Hursin (Paul Scherrer Institute), O. Cabellos (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), G. Palmiotti (INL)
