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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 RPD|Cosponsored by THD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Benjamin R. Betzler
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Alternate Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Staff Producer:
Jay Bogardus (American Nuclear Society)
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Monte Carlo Calculation of the Energy Deposition in the Transformational Challenge Reactor
Alberto Talamo (Argonne National Laboratory), et al (ANL)
Paper
Transformational Challenge Reactor Agile Design Enabled by Additive Manufacturing
Kurt A. Terrani (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Phillip C. Chesser (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Aaron J. Wysocki (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Brian J. Ade (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Benjamin R. Betzler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Modeling Assumptions for Densely Packed TRISO/SiC Fuel Elements with YH Moderator
Briana D. Hiscox (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Benjamin R. Betzler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Brian J. Ade (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Particle Packing Characteristics in Dense TRISO/SiC Fuel Elements and the Impact on Neutronics and Thermomechanics
Austin Schumacher (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Brian Jolly (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Michael Trammel (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Dylan D. Richardson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Grant W. Helmreich (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Benjamin R. Betzler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Daniel Schappel (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Brian J. Ade (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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