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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 MSTD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM EST|Canaveral 2
Session Chair:
Travis J. Labossiere-Hickman
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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NSUF Capabilities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Reactor (MITR)
1:00–1:20PM EST
Nesrin Cetiner (MIT), David Carpenter (MIT), Tom Bork (MIT), Gordon Kohse (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Lance Snead (MIT)
Paper
MCCAFE: The Monte Carlo Constructor for ATR Fuel Elements
1:20–1:40PM EST
Travis Labossiere-Hickman (INL)
Benchmarking MCNP Models to Support Gamma Irradiation Experiments
1:40–2:00PM EST
Ajaykumar D. Patel (Univ. Buffalo), Evans D. Kitcher (INL), Dean R. Peterman (INL)
Simulation of General Atomics Legacy GF-4 Capsule Irradiation Test
2:00–2:20PM EST
Brian Cluggish (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Hangbok Choi (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Brian Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Standardization of Ion Irradiation Experimental Procedures for Nuclear Materials Research
2:20–2:40PM EST
Stephen Taller (ORNL), Gary Was (Univ. Michigan)
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