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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Labrid A/B
Session Chair:
Leah Squires (INL)
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Alternate Chair:
Harish Reddy Gadey (INL)
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Consideration on Safety Regulation and Technical Standards of Nuclear Fuel Cycles in Korea
10:00–10:20AM EST
Yong Ki Chi (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Daehyeon Kim (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
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The use of the High-Density UN Fuel in Heat-Pipe Microreactors -- The Impacts of 15N Enrichment on 14C Production
10:20–10:40AM EST
Cihang Lu (Brookhaven), Arantxa Cuadra (Brookhaven), Erofili Kardoulaki (LANL)
Estimation of Void Fraction History Using Post-Irradiation Fuel Isotopics
10:40–11:00AM EST
Tarikul Islam (Purdue Univ.), Shiming Yin (Purdue Univ.), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Germina Procop (ORNL), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.)
Raman Spectroscopic Characterization of Tributyl/Dibutyl Phosphate Systems Toward Monitoring of Degradation in Solvent Extraction
11:00–11:20AM EST
Justin Cooper (INL), Jessica Meires (INL), Mathew Snow (INL)
Transmutation of Tc-99 and I-129 in the Ex-Core Region of a PWR
11:20–11:40AM EST
Stephen Pucci (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jonathan Wing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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