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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|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)