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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) 2020 Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST|2
Session Chair:
Daniel Andruczyk (Univ. of Ill., Urbana-Champaign)
Staff Producer:
Mary Tong (American Nuclear Society)
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Recent CIEMAT experimental activities on liquid metals for fusion applications
JuanManuel García (CIEMAT, LNF), David Rapisarda (CIEMAT, LNF), Gianluca Dovidio (CIEMAT, LNF), Joaquin Molla (CIEMAT, LNF), Marta Malo (CIEMAT, LNF), David Jimenez-Rey (CIEMAT, LNF), Angel Ibarra (CIEMAT, LNF), Jesus Herranz (CIEMAT, LNF), Teresa Hernandez (CIEMAT, LNF), Sebastian Hendricks (CIEMAT, LNF), Maria Gonzalez (CIEMAT, LNF), Angela Garcia (CIEMAT, LNF), Belit Garcinuno (CIEMAT, LNF), Elisabetta Carella (CIEMAT, LNF)
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Status and progress of liquid metal thermofluids modelling for the US Fusion Nuclear Science Facility
Charles Kessel (ORNL), Peter Huang (HyPerComp Inc), Yuchen Jiang (UCLA), Tyler Rhodes (UCLA), Sergey Smolentsev (UCLA)
Analysis of MHD effect on drainage of PbLi channel for WCLL and HCLL breeding blankets
Italo Ricapito (Fusion for Energy), Francesca Papa (Università La Sapienza), Massimo Zucchetti (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Politecnico di Torino), Marco Utili (ENEA C. R. Brasimone), Ciro Alberghi (Politecnico di Torino), Alessandro Venturini (ENEA C. R. Brasimone), Luigi Candido (Politecnico di Torino)
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