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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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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.
Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024)
Elina Charatsidou obtained her BSc in Physics from AUTh Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece in 2017. She completed her MSc in Nuclear Energy Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 2020. She is a PhD student within the SUNRISE Centre for sustainable nuclear energy research in Sweden, at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. She is working with Uranium Nitride (UN) fuel for fast reactors, integrating experiments and modeling analyses. Elina Charatsidou is a science communicator and creator of a scientific YouTube channel ‘Your Friendly Nuclear Physicist’ on public awareness of nuclear energy.
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