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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|Nuclear Fuels and Materials
Saturday, April 5, 2025|1:40–3:00PM MDT|Valle Grande 1
Session Chair:
Jared Justice
Alternate Chair:
Shane M. Evans
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Machine Learning Applications for Helium Bubble Growth Tracking of In-situ Annealed 316L-SS Pre-Implanted with Helium
1:40–2:00PM MDT
Justin Hamil (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Kai Sun (Univ. Michigan), Kevin G. Field (Univ. Michigan), Yachun Wang (INL)
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Effects of Gamma Radiation on Potential Organic Coolants for Nuclear Reactors
2:00–2:20PM MDT
Sarah Driscoll (Vanderbilt Univ.), Arunkumar Seshadri (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Effect of Surface Roughness on Corrosion Behavior of Hastelloy C276 and SS316 in KCl-LiCl Molten Salt at 500°C
2:20–2:40PM MDT
Furkan Erdogan (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Characterizing WC Composites for Applications in Molten Salt Heat Exchangers
2:40–3:00PM MDT
Kevin Lam (U.S. Naval Academy), Joseph Latta (U.S. Naval Academy), Elizabeth Getto (U.S. Naval Academy)
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