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DOE approves Xcimer’s laser fusion power plant design
The Department of Energy has approved Xcimer Energy's Athena fusion power plant preconceptual technical design. With this milestone achieved, the Denver, Colo.-based company is now moving forward with its plans to develop economical laser inertial confinement fusion using two beamlines, gas laser technology, and a molten salt fusion chamber.
The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory demonstrated net energy gain from inertial confinement fusion in 2022 using solid-state glass lasers and 192 beamlines.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2024)
Technical Session|Panel
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|8:00–9:45AM EST|Coral B
Session Chair:
Marilyn Delgado (BWXT)
Session Organizers:
Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Jon D. McWhirter (TerraPower)
In recent years, the development and deployment of liquid metal reactors is accelerating as a promising solution to address decarbonization, diversified nuclear application and closed fuel cycle. The industry engagement task force of Thermal-Hydraulics Division is organizing a panel session to engage the nuclear industry to facilitate the development of liquid metal reactors. This panel will focus on the recent progresses and challenges in developing sodium cooled reactor and lead/LBE cooled reactor, fast neutron spectrum or thermal neutron spectrum. The panel topics include the design of reactor, the testing and the analysis supporting the development. Panelists come from well-established nuclear reactor developers, fast-growing startup companies, and industry-oriented organizations.
Olivia Hand
TerraPower
Tyrell Arment
Oklo
Jun Liao
Westinghouse