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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|Thermal Hydraulics
Friday, April 4, 2025|10:30–11:50AM MDT|Trail/Spirit
Session Chair:
Melissa A. Moreno
Alternate Chair:
Keenan R. Kresl-Hotz
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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CFD Analyses of the Flow Mixing and Stratification in Pool Type SFR
10:30–10:50AM MDT
Keenan R. Kresl-Hotz (Univ. New Mexico), Mohamed S. El-Genk (Univ. New Mexico), Timothy M. Schriener (Univ. New Mexico)
Paper
High-Fidelity Simulation of Buoyancy-Driven Flows and Conjugate Heat Transfer with Applications to Fusion Energy
10:50–11:10AM MDT
Logan J. Hiland (Penn State), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Carolina Bourdot Dutra (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Dominykas Buta (Univ. Leeds), Aleksander Dubas (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency), Andrew Davis (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency)
Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of the Westinghouse Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor During a Station Blackout
11:10–11:30AM MDT
Andrew Sallie (Penn State), Carolina Dutra (Penn State), Sinan Okyay (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
The All Natural Reactor - A Study on Natural Circulation in a CANDU Style Reactor
11:30–11:50AM MDT
Ana Julia Coelho Teixeira Barbosa (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Sydney L. Wagner (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)