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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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DOE issues new NEPA rule and procedures—and accelerates DOME reactor testing
Meeting a deadline set in President Trump’s May 23 executive order “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy,” the DOE on June 30 updated information on its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rulemaking and implementation procedures and published on its website an interim final rule that rescinds existing regulations alongside new implementing procedures.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) 2020 Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair:
Zeke Unterberg (ORNL)
Staff Producer:
David Strutz (American Nuclear Society)
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Status of the Material Plasma Exposure Experiment
P. D. Ferguson (ORNL), J. Sanseverino, J. Rapp, A. Lumsdaine
Paper
Analysis of Design Alternatives of Actively Cooled RF Windows for MPEX
Claire Luttrell, Joseph Tipton, Juergen Rapp, Michael Kaufman, Richard Goulding, Phil Ferguson (ORNL), Jason Cook, Juan Caneses, Arnold Lumsdaine (ORNL)
Design and testing of a hot hydrogen test loop for plasma material evolution
Leigh Winfrey, William Searight (Penn State)
Steady-state Mechanical Analysis for Target Assembly in the Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment Facility
Arnold Lumsdaine (ORNL), Joseph B. Tipton Jr. (Lipscomb University), Adam M. Aaron (ORNL), Jason Cook (ORNL), Adrian S. Sabau (ORNL)
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