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DOE approves Xcimer’s laser fusion power plant design
The Department of Energy has approved Xcimer Energy's Athena fusion power plant preconceptual technical design. With this milestone achieved, the Denver, Colo.-based company is now moving forward with its plans to develop economical laser inertial confinement fusion using two beamlines, gas laser technology, and a molten salt fusion chamber.
The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory demonstrated net energy gain from inertial confinement fusion in 2022 using solid-state glass lasers and 192 beamlines.
Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024)
Kaylee is a PhD student at the University of Florida studying Materials Science and Engineering. She received a Master of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in May 2024. Her research is focused on simulating fission gas release mechanisms in uranium nitride fuels. Kaylee is also known as “Ms. Nuclear Energy” on TikTok, where she maintains almost 120,000 followers for her cheeky, comedic videos explaining nuclear energy topics in laymen’s terms.
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