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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Nagra publishes license applications for Swiss geologic repository
Nagra, Switzerland’s national cooperative for the disposal of radioactive waste, has published its general license applications for a deep geologic repository and separate spent fuel encapsulation plant, making the documents publicly available on a digital platform.
Technical Session
Monday, July 22, 2024|10:00–11:50AM CDT|Assembly
Session Chair:
Andrew G. Sowder
Alternate Chair:
Ben Lindley (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Session Organizer:
Arnold Lumsdaine
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Public-Private Partnerships to Address Supply Chain Challenges for the Commercialization of Fusion Energy
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Arnold Lumsdaine (ORNL)
Paper
Updated Owner-Operator Requirements for Fusion Energy to Inform and Enable Technology Development and Commercialization
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Diana Grandas (EPRI), Andrew Sowder (EPRI)
Technology Transfer and Public Private Collaboration
10:50–11:10AM CDT
H. J. Lewtas (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), A. Abdallah (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), S. Borini (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), A. Perez-Crespillo (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), L. Young (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), T. Bestwick (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority)
Sensitivity and Reliability Analysis for Reliability-Based Design Optimisation of EU-DEMO-like Designs
11:10–11:30AM CDT
Jonathan Maddock (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority)
The SPARC Plant Control Architecture: Leveraging Modern Industrial Automation Technology to Commercialize Fusion
11:30–11:50AM CDT
Max Kleiman-Lynch (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Dominic Francia (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Anders Oberg (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Will Davis (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
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