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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 THD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|4:50–6:30PM EST
Session Chair:
Ling Zou
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Matthew D. Zimmer
Staff Producer:
Pat Schroeder (American Nuclear Society)
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Momentum Source Modeling of Spacer Grid and Mixing Vanes in Small Modular Reactors
Jun Fang (Argonne National Laboratory), Dillon R. Shaver (Argonne National Laboratory), Elia Merzari (Pennsylvania State University)
Paper
Lateral flow characterizations in a 5x5 rod bundle with spacer grid
Camila Freitas Matozinhos (Texas A&M University), Gabriel Caio Queiroz Tomaz (Texas A&M University), Thien Nguyen (Texas A&M University), Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M University)
On The Effect of The Aspect Ratio on The Stability of Single-phase Rectangular Thermosiphons
Tri Nguyen (The Pennsylvania State University), Elia Merzari (The Pennsylvania State University)
1D Fixed Flux Two-Fluid Model For Vertical Adiabatic Slug Flow
Krishna Chetty (Purdue University), Alejandro Clausse (CNEA-CONICET and National University of Central Buenos Aires), Martin A. Lopez de Bertodano (Purdue University)
Subchannel Mass Transfer Analysis of a 5 x 5 Rod Bundle Using PIV and Matching of Index of Refraction
Gabriel Caio Queiroz Tomaz (Texas A&M University), Camila Freitas Matozinhos (Texas A&M University), Duy-Thien Nguyen (Texas A&M University), Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M University)
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