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The time has come to sign up for Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2026), which will be held in Dayton, Ohio, on April 27–30.
Hosted by the American Nuclear Society and the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) and sponsored by ANS’s Aerospace Nuclear Science and Technology Division, NETS 2026 is an opportunity to exchange ideas and knowledge, develop strong relationships across organizations, and establish collaborations to solve challenging problems across the many space-related applications of nuclear science and technology.
Technical Session
Wednesday, July 24, 2024|10:15AM–12:05PM CDT|Assembly
Session Chair:
Pierre-Clément A. Simon (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Junliang Liu (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Session Organizer:
Paul P. Wilson (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Development of Tungsten Recrystallization Budget for Management of SPARC Plasma-Facing Component Lifetime
10:15–10:40AM CDT
D.V. Yuryev (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), T. Looby (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), L.M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), P. Ermoshkina (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), O. Madrigal (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
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Synergistic Effects of Tungsten and Tungsten-Rhenium Alloy Exposed to Fusion Reactor Conditions
10:40–11:05AM CDT
T.E. Ray (Purdue Univ.), J.T. Tripathi (Purdue Univ.), J.C. Johnson (Purdue Univ.), A. Hassanein (Purdue Univ.)
High Heat Flux Testing and Modeling of SPARC Plasma-Facing Components
11:05–11:25AM CDT
Michael Lagieski (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Pele Collins (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Bernd Böswirth (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), Lauren M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), H. Greuner (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), Katja Hunger (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), Adam Kuang (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Tom Looby (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Clint Luna (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Johann Riesch (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), Aaron Rosenthal (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Dina Yuryev (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Novel Liquid Metal Alloys Enabling High Fusion Performance
11:25–11:45AM CDT
D.R. Hatch (Univ. Texas, Austin), M. Kotschenreuther (ExoFusion), M. Nieto-Perez (Penn State), A. Khodak (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), S.M. Mahajan (Univ. Texas, Austin), R. Maingi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), C. Michoski (Sapientai), Victoria Miller (Univ. Florida), Carlos Romero-Talamas (Univ. Maryland, Baltimore Co.)
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