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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
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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