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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|Panel|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Gunston East/West
Session Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
Nuclear criticality safety is of high demand today in nuclear industry and at national laboratories across the the entire nuclear engineering enterprise. There are tremendous workforce needs in criticality safety. To respond to the need, universities are developing individual courses and comprehensive academic pipelines. This panel will bring experts from universities and national laboratories to have a discussion analyzing growing demands and developing capabilities to meet those demands.
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