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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Startup looks to commercialize inertial fusion energy
Another startup hoping to capitalize on progress the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has made in realizing inertial fusion energy has been launched. On August 27, San Francisco–based Inertia Enterprises, a private fusion power start-up, announced the formation of the company with the goal of commercializing fusion energy.
Technical Session|Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Monday, September 9, 2024|11:00AM–12:30PM EDT|Gold Ballroom
Session Chair:
Harris Eldridge
Alternate Chair:
Jason R. Jeffries
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Predicting Radiation-Induced Plutonium Redox Chemistry Using Multi-Scale Modeling Methods
11:00–11:30AM EDT
A.E. Kynman (INL), T.S. Grimes (INL), J.K. Conrad (INL), S.M. Pimblott (INL), G.P. Horne (INL)
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Fission Products and Actinides Speciation in Irradiated MOx Fuel During Interim Storage Accidental Scenarios
11:30–11:50AM EDT
R. Caprani (CEA), Ph. Martin (CEA), J. Martinez (CEA), D. Prieur (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), F. Lebreton (CEA), K. Kvashnina (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), E. Bazarkina (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), D. Menut (Synchrotron SOLEIL), N. Clavier (Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule)
Recovery and Purification of Dilute Pu from Irradiated Mark-18A Pu-242 Targets
11:50AM–12:10PM EDT
Matthew Mills (SRNL), Rebecca Carter (SRNL), Sasha Mills (SRNL), William King (SRNL), Eddie Kyser (SRNL)
The CoXTL Concept: An Alternative Solution to Nuclear Fuel Recycling Through Hexavalent Actinide Co-Crystallization
12:10–12:30PM EDT
Jonathan D. Burns (Univ. Alabama, Birmingham), Jeffrey D. Einkauf (ORNL), Jennifer M. Pyles (Univ. Alabama, Birmingham), Luke R. Sadergaski (ORNL), Laetitia H. Delmau (ORNL), Bruce A. Moyer (ORNL)
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