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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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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 ETWDD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Columbia 12
Session Chair:
Tyler Newitt (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Jenna Payne
Session Organizer:
Andrew E. Thomas
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Simulating a Molten Salt Gas Stream for a LIBS Experiment
1:00–1:20PM EST
Nicholas Poole (NCSU), Ming Liu (NCSU), Matt Schweitzer (NCSU), Austin Wells (NCSU), Colby Fleming (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
Paper
Contact Glow Discharge Electrolysis: A Novel Tool for Material Quantification in Molten Salts
1:20–1:40PM EST
Kayla Hahn (NCSU), Alexander W. Bataller (NCSU)
Presented by Davis Bryars (NCSU)
Establishing a Domestic HALEU Supply Chain
1:40–2:00PM EST
Sarah Cole (Boise State), Alan Levin (Washington Internships for Students of Engineering), Brian Jaques (Boise State)
Using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy to Analyze Alloy 617 Exposed to HTGR Temperatures
2:00–2:20PM EST
T. Ray (Purdue), A. Hassanein (Purdue)
Micro-HTGR Integration with Different Power Block Options
2:20–2:40PM EST
Stella Betts (Purdue), T-Ying Lin (Purdue), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
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