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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.
Panel and Technical Session|Nuclear Fuels and Materials
Friday, April 14, 2023|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Student Union 262B
Session Chair:
Jonathan Norman (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Hari Naicker (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Wetting Behavior of Molten Fluoride Salts on Graphite
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Lorenzo Vergari (UC-Berkeley), Zachary A. Falkowski (UC-Berkeley), Xin H. Ooi (CalTech), Raluca O. Scarlat (UC-Berkeley)
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Application of Microcantilever Bending Tests to Local Fracture Toughness Determination in W-Ni-Fe Ductile-Phase Toughened Tungsten
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Ana V. Garcia Caraveo (Oregon State), Tianyi Chen (Oregon State), Ramprashad Prabhakaran (PNNL), Haag IV J. V. (PNNL), Wahyu Setyawan (PNNL)
Microstructural Characterization and Oxidation Testing of Arc-Melted Mini UB2 Ingots
10:55–11:15AM EDT
Jesus U. Facundo (The University of Texas at San Antonio), Katherine I. Montoya (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Thomas C. Kirtley (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Elizabeth S. Sooby (Univ. Texas, San Antonio)
Study of Fuel Cladding Chemical Interaction (FCCI) in HT9 Cladded Metallic Fuels
11:15–11:35AM EDT
Arnold Pradhan (Univ. Idaho)
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