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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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In transition: Commercializing fusion power
Commercial fusion power is closer than ever. There are now around 30 U.S. fusion companies, several of which claim to be on track to connect to the grid as early as the 2030s.
Tokamak and laser inertial confinement approaches benefit from decades of research at facilities such as the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and ITER, with alternative concepts including stellarator, magnetic mirror, and Z-pinch confinement also making notable progress as private and government funding for fusion increases.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by THD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
Benjamin R. Betzler
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Staff Producer:
Jay Bogardus (American Nuclear Society)
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Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of Core Criticality for the Transformational Challenge Reactor
Jianwei Hu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Brian J. Ade (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Benjamin R. Betzler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Paper
AI Optimization of the Reactor Unit Cell to Support TCR Optimization
Briana D. Hiscox (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Vladimir Sobes (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Emilian Popov (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Richard Archibald (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Benjamin R. Betzler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kurt A. Terrani (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Design and Modeling of Regulating Control Elements for the Transformational Challenge Reactor (TCR)
Joseph R. Burns (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Phillip Chesser (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Peter Wang (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Eliott Fountain (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Ben R. Betzler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Brian J. Ade (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Aurelien X. Bergeron (Argonne National Laboratory)
