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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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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.
Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST|Monroe
Session Chair:
Nathan Ryan (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Measuring Forensic Signatures of Historical Uranium Enrichment in PCTFE
10:00–10:20AM EST
Avery Nguyen (MIT), Rachel Connick (MIT), Daniel Reinfurt (MIT), Charles Hirst (Univ. Michigan), R. Scott Kemp (MIT), Michael P. Short (MIT)
Paper
Rapid Sensitive Uranium Isotopic Analysis Using Laser Plasma Spectroscopy
10:20–10:40AM EST
Richard E. Russo (Applied Spectra), Jhanis Gonzalez (Applied Spectra), George C. Chan (LBNL)
Presented by Jong Yoo (Applied Spectra)
Laser-Induced Spectrochemical Assay for Uranium Enrichment (LISA-UE)
10:40–11:00AM EST
George Chan (LBNL), Leigh Martin (ORNL)
Modeling of Uranium Enrichment for Safeguards
11:00–11:20AM EST
Philip Honnold (Sandia)
Sampling of Spent Nuclear Fuel Using a Rotary Riffler
11:20–11:40AM EST
Toni Karlsson (INL), Tim Malewitz (INL), Jeffery Sanders (INL), James A. King (INL), Brennan Mohr (INL), Lindsey Lecrivain (INL), Stephen Warmann (INL)
Presented by Janine Lambert (INL)
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