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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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DOE opens pilot program to authorize test reactors outside national labs
Details of the plan to test new reactor concepts under the Department of Energy’s authority but outside national laboratory boundaries—first outlined in one of the four executive orders on nuclear energy released on May 23—were just released in a request for applications issued by the DOE.
Tatsuhiko Uda, Masahiro Tanaka, Takaaki Wajima, Kenzo Munakata
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 4 | November 2011 | Pages 1351-1354
Detritiation and Isotope Separation | Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A12680
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For a large volume air cleanup system in nuclear fusion facility, honeycomb type oxidizing catalyst and absorbing dehumidifier offer a useful advantage in terms of their low pressure drop. In the present study the weight ratio of Pd catalyst on the metal honeycomb of Al-Cr-steel alloy were varied from 0.1 g/L to 4g/L. Catalyst was heated up to over 400 °C with stepwise under flowing air containing hydrogen and methane, and their oxidizing reaction rate was evaluated. Its catalytic activation energies were estimated to be about 36 kJ/mol for hydrogen and 100 kJ/mol for methane. Also it was appeared that the effectiveness of high Pd weight ratio catalyst and high temperature operation, and the limit of previous activation by hydrogen gas.