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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Flamanville-3 reaches full power
France’s state-owned electric utility EDF has announced that Flamanville-3—the country’s first EPR—reached full nuclear thermal power for the first time, generating 1,669 megawatts of gross electrical power. This major milestone is significant in terms of both this project and France’s broader nuclear sector.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) 2020 Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST|2
Session Chair:
Trey Gebhardt (ORNL)
Staff Producer:
Mary Tong (American Nuclear Society)
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Highlights of the fusion, plasma and technology community planning process
Lauren M. Garrison (ORNL), Wayne Solomon, Earl Scime, John S. Sarff, Carolyn Kuranz, Nathan Howard, Nathaniel Ferraro, Scott D. Baalrud
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Configuration studies for a fusion innovation integrated experiment
Chirag Rana (PPPL), Peter Titus (PPPL), Yuhu Zhai (PPPL), Richard Majeski (PPPL), Brian Grierson (PPPL), Thomas Brown (PPPL), Jonathan Menard (PPPL)
Design of experimental reactors for advanced nuclear fusion
Samuele Meschini (Politecnico di Torino), Massimo Zucchetti (Politecnico Di Torino)
Compactness of Fusion Nuclear Devices
Yuhu Zhai, Mark Tillack, Peter Titus, Timothy Bohm, Charles Kessel (ORNL)
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