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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|3:30–5:15PM EDT|Ellwood
Session Chair:
Sooyoung Choi
Alternate Chair:
Akinori Giho (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Session Organizer:
Akio Yamamoto
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PN Source Expansion Nodal Method in MPACT for Boiling Water Reactors
Sooyoung Choi (Univ. Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)
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Precise 3D Reactor Core Calculation Using Spherical Harmonics and Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Methods
Kenneth Assogba (CEA), Lahbib Bourhrara (CEA), Igor Zmijarevic (CEA), Grégoire Allaire (Institut Polytechnique de Paris)
The MPN Method: A New Angular Discretization Method Based on Piecewise Polynomial Interface Fluxes
Matteo Falabino (CEA), Daniele Sciannandrone (CEA), Emiliano Masiello (CEA), Jean-François Vidal (CEA)
Investigaton of Methods for Targeted Search of Dominant Higher Modes in Subcritical Systems
Ádám Aranyosy (Budapest Univ. Technology and Economics), Mate Szieberth (Budapest Univ. Technology and Economics)
