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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|8:00–9:45AM EST|Coral C
Session Chair:
Robert Kile (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Dezhi Dai (ANL)
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Assessment of Intermediate Break Loss of Coolant Accident with TRACE code
8:00–8:20AM EST
Seung Hun Yoo (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Yong Seok Choi (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Sungchu Song (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
Paper
Code Benchmark of a Depressurized Conduction Cooldown Transient in the High Temperature Test Facility
8:20–8:40AM EST
Robert F. Kile (INL), Aaron S. Epiney (INL), Thanh Hua (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL), Sung Nam Lee (KAERI), Geoff Waddington (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), Xianmin Huang (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), Tariq Jafri (Canadian Nuclear Laboratires), Fajar Pangukir (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group), Marek Stempniewicz (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group), Ferry Roelofs (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group), Gustáv Mayer (HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research), Zsombor Bali (HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research)
Bond Graph Modeling Based System Scaling Analysis: Quantifying the Impact of Distortions
8:40–9:00AM EST
Marcos G. Ortiz (Information Systems Laboratories)
Progress Towards the Lower Plenum Mixing Test of the High Temperature Test Facility Benchmark by NRG and OSU
9:00–9:20AM EST
M.M.M.D. Hussain (NRG), B. Nakhnikian-Weintraub (OSU), I. Gutowska (OSU)
A Cross-Code Verification Study for Conjugate Heat Transfer in Gas-Cooled Pebble Bed Reactors
9:20–9:40AM EST
Dezhi Dai (ANL), Haomin Yuan (ANL), Prasad Vegendla (ANL), Adrian Tentner (ANL), John Acierno (Penn State), Michael Seneca (Penn State), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)