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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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LLNL offers tools to model the economics of inertial fusion power plants
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has designed a model to help assess the economic impact of future fusion power plant operations—specifically, the operation of inertial fusion energy (IFE) power plants. Further, it has made its Generalized Economics Model (GEM) for Fusion Technology—an Excel spreadsheet—available for download.
Technical Session
Thursday, May 19, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM EDT|Pointview
Session Chair:
Dan Kotlyar
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Vedant Mehta
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Demonstration of MCNP and Abaqus Based Reactor Multiphysics (MARM) M&S Framework for Space Nuclear Systems
Vedant K. Mehta (LANL)
Paper
Methodology and Preliminary Results for the Transient Control of Pressure and Temperature for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engines
Vigneshwar Manickam (Georgia Tech), Matthew Krecicki (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
Thermo-Mechanics Feedback for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Analysis: Implementation and Application
Connor Koelsch (Georgia Tech), Sam Heflin (Georgia Tech), Matt Krecicki (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
Suppressing the Positive Temperature Reactivity Coefficient in Metal Hydride Moderated Reactor
Vedant K. Mehta (LANL), Dasari V. Rao (LANL)
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