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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|Condensed Matter Physics
Wednesday, September 11, 2024|4:20–5:40PM EDT|Gold Ballroom
Session Chair:
Eric D. Bauer
Alternate Chair:
Jason R. Jeffries
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Changes in Stiffness and Internal Friction of d-PuGa due to Aging and Annealing
4:20–4:40PM EDT
Boris Maiorov (LANL), C.A. Mizzi (LANL), T.T.J. Munroe (LANL), F.F. Balakirev (LANL), M.L. Hayne (LANL), M.J. Gibbs (LANL)
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Spin-Orbital-Polarized Density Functional Theory Approach to the Materials Physics of Pu Metal and its Alloy: Application
4:40–5:00PM EDT
Kyoung E. Kweon (LLNL), Per Soderlind (LLNL), Babak Sadigh (LLNL)
On the use of Strictly Localized Basis Orbitals for the Description of Elemental Plutonium, Plutonium-Gallium Alloys, and Plutonium Oxides
5:00–5:20PM EDT
Raymond Atta-Fynn (LANL), Sarah C. Hernandez (LANL), Roxanne M. Tutchton (LANL)
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