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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Fusion roundup: Helion sets temperature record; Inertia raises $450M
Two start-ups working to commercialize fusion energy made headlines last week. Helion Energy announced that its Polaris prototype fusion energy machine recently demonstrated measurable deuterium-tritium fusion and achieved a plasma temperature of 150 million degrees Celsius (MºC). Newcomer Inertia Enterprises announced that it has raised $450 million in its Series A fundraising round.
Technical Session
Saturday, April 10, 2021|2:00–3:30PM EDT
Session Chair:
Bryant Kanies (NC State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
Session Organizer:
Edward Chen (NC State Univ.)
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Session Producers:
David Holler (NC State Univ.)
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Grain Boundary Energy and Surface Energy of α-U
Khadija Mahbuba (North Carolina State University), Benjamin W. Beeler (North Carolina State University), Andrea Jokisaari (Idaho National Laboratory)
Paper
Challenges of Using Machine Learning to Predict Oxidation of Graphite and SiC
Cole Moczygemba (University of Texas San Antonio), Michael Geyer (University of Texas at San Antonio), Amanda Fernandez (University of Texas at San Antonio), Elizabeth S. Sooby (University of Texas at San Antonio)
Electroplating of Fe and Cr on Mo Capsules Used in Molten Salt Corrosion Testing
Elizabeth Farnan (United States Naval Academy), Daniel Moriarty (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Elizabeth Getto (United States Naval Academy)
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Characterization of Ultra-High Temperature Cermet Fuel for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP)
James Floyd Mudd (Missouri University of Science & Technology)
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