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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Porous tungsten scrubbed by glow discharge cleaning
Researchers conducted experiments in Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s Lithium Tokamak Experiment-Beta (LTX-β) showing glow discharge cleaning can be used to effectively clean samples of porous tungsten—used to hold liquid lithium in fusion machine inner walls—manufactured from powder-reconstituted materials, according to a paper published in Nuclear Materials and Energy.
Tungsten is widely used for plasma-facing components in fusion machines, especially in the divertor region where materials must withstand extreme levels of power flow. According to the paper, spark plasma sintering can be used to make tungsten into spongelike samples for holding liquid lithium.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2024)
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Coral B
Session Chair:
Izabela Gutowska (OSU)
Alternate Chair:
Matthew Jasica (ANL)
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Reactor Vessel Cooling System for the GA-EMS Fast Modular Reactor: Scaled Experiments and Analysis
10:00–10:20AM EST
S.K. Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), I. Jentz (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), W.H. Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), B. Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), M. Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), M. Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), H. Choi (General Atomics), J. Bolin (General Atomics)
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Development of an Improved RELAP5-3D Model for the High Temperature Test Facility
10:20–10:40AM EST
Robert F. Kile (INL), Aaron S. Epiney (INL)
Effects of Upper Chimney Throttling on Two-Phase Flow in a Large-Scale Water-Based RCCS
10:40–11:00AM EST
Matthew J. Jasica (ANL), Qiuping Lv (ANL), Darius D. Lisowski (ANL), Mitch Farmer (ANL)
Effect of Water Tank Inlet Elevation on Performance of a Large Scale Water-Based RCCS
11:00–11:20AM EST
Qiuping Lv (ANL), Matthew Jasica (ANL), Darius Lisowski (ANL), Zhiee Jhia Ooi (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Mitch Farmer (ANL)
Contact Thermal Resistance Modeling for Conjugate Heat Transfer Simulations in Gas-Cooled Pebble Bed Reactors
11:20–11:40AM EST
Dezhi Dai (ANL), Haomin Yuan (ANL), Prasad Vegendla (ANL), Adrian Tentner (ANL)