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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Porous tungsten scrubbed by glow discharge cleaning
Researchers conducted experiments in Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s Lithium Tokamak Experiment-Beta (LTX-β) showing glow discharge cleaning can be used to effectively clean samples of porous tungsten—used to hold liquid lithium in fusion machine inner walls—manufactured from powder-reconstituted materials, according to a paper published in Nuclear Materials and Energy.
Tungsten is widely used for plasma-facing components in fusion machines, especially in the divertor region where materials must withstand extreme levels of power flow. According to the paper, spark plasma sintering can be used to make tungsten into spongelike samples for holding liquid lithium.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Sonoran 7
Session Chair:
Zeyun Wu (VCU)
Alternate Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Session Organizer:
Massimiliano Fratoni (UC Berkeley)
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Results of Nuclear Testing After Core Internals Changeout #6 in the Advanced Test Reactor
1:00–1:20PM MST
Nathan Manwaring (INL), Daren Norman (INL), Andrew Maile (INL)
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MSRE Reactivity Insertion Test Benchmark Using SAM
1:20–1:40PM MST
T. Fei (ANL), T. Hua (ANL), B. Feng (ANL)
Advances in the ROSA-BWR Core Design Optimization Code
1:40–2:00PM MST
Matteo Gamarino (NRG), Pieter H. Wakker (NRG), Jesper Kierkegaard (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel)
A Review of the Status of the Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments Project
2:00–2:20PM MST
Mark D. DeHart (INL), John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), Tatiana Ivanova (OECD NEA), Ian Hill (OECD NEA)
Quantitative Score for Benchmark Selection for Criticality Safety
2:20–2:40PM MST
Jeongwon Seo (Purdue), Hany Abdel-Khalik (Purdue)