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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which maps out how the DOE would meet the goal announced by executive order in May of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
Technical Session
Wednesday, July 24, 2024|8:00–9:50AM CDT|Madison Ballroom
Session Chair:
Monica Gehrig
Alternate Chair:
Juliana Pacheco Duarte (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Session Organizer:
Paul P. Wilson
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MHD Analysis of Dual Coolant Lead Lithium Blanket for Spherical Tokamak Advanced Reactor
8:00–8:25AM CDT
D. Gupta (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), A. Brooks (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), T. Brown (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), A. Khodak (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), B. Linn (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), J. Menard (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
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Numerical Simulation of High Hartmann Number Liquid Metal Flows in Fusion Devices
8:25–8:45AM CDT
A. Khodak (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), D. Gupta (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), R. Maingi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
Investigation of Anchor Link Magnetohydrodynamic Effects in Toroidally Symmetric Lead-Lithium Blanket Concept
8:45–9:05AM CDT
Yuqiao Fan (ORNL), Sergey Smolentsev (Univ. California, Los Angeles)
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