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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Porous tungsten scrubbed by glow discharge cleaning
Researchers conducted experiments in Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s Lithium Tokamak Experiment-Beta (LTX-β) showing glow discharge cleaning can be used to effectively clean samples of porous tungsten—used to hold liquid lithium in fusion machine inner walls—manufactured from powder-reconstituted materials, according to a paper published in Nuclear Materials and Energy.
Tungsten is widely used for plasma-facing components in fusion machines, especially in the divertor region where materials must withstand extreme levels of power flow. According to the paper, spark plasma sintering can be used to make tungsten into spongelike samples for holding liquid lithium.
Technical Session|Fusion and Plasma Physics
Friday, April 4, 2025|2:40–4:00PM MDT|Mirage/Thunderbird
Session Chair:
Shane M. Evans
Alternate Chair:
Jared Justice
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Plasma-Assisted Electrochemical Degradation of GenX
2:40–3:00PM MDT
Piper R. Fernau (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Feray Buyuktopcu (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Xiao Su (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Mohan Sankaran (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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First Results on Resistivity Probe Measuring Hydrogen Concentration in the Actively Pumped Open-surface Lithium LOop (APOLLO)
3:00–3:20PM MDT
Riley Trendler (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Dan O. O'Dea (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Braden T. Moore (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Peter Buxton (Tokamak Energy Ltd.), Konstantin Moshkunov (Tokamak Energy Ltd.), David N. Ruzic (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Advanced Simulation for First Wall Materials in Inertial Fusion Reactors
3:20–3:40PM MDT
Matthieu Dagousset (Young Members Group), Shobhit Brijesh (Univ. California, Berkeley), Jay Darji (Univ. California, Berkeley), Max Monange (EX-Fusion America), Alexander Fikri (EX-Fusion America)
