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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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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 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
Vincenzo V. Rondinella
Alternate Chair:
Colby B. Jensen
Session Organizer:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Staff Producer:
Daryl Rizzo (American Nuclear Society)
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Quantifying Fuel Bonding Through Activation Analysis
John E. Barlow (University of Texas at Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (University of Texas at Austin)
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Environmentally Assisted Cracking and Irradiation Embrittlement of Decommissioned Baffle Plates
Yiren Chen (Argonne National Laboratory), Bogdan Alexandreanu (Argonne National Laboratory), Appajosula S. Rao (US NRC)
Finite Element Simulations of Thermal Conductivity of SiC/SiC Composite
Lin Zhang (University of Pittsburgh), Xianping Zhong (University of Pittsburgh), Heng Ban (University of Pittsburgh)
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