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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Pacific Fusion predicts “1,000-fold leap” in performance, net facility gain by 2030
Inertial fusion energy (IFE) developer Pacific Fusion, based in Fremont, Calif., announced this morning that it is on target to achieve net facility gain—more fusion energy out than all energy stored in the system—with a demonstration system by 2030, and backs the claim with a technical paper published yesterday on arXiv: “Affordable, manageable, practical, and scalable (AMPS) high-yield and high-gain inertial fusion.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by FED
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Palm B
Session Chair:
Atul Kumar
Alternate Chair:
Lauren M. Garrison
Session Organizer:
Paul W. Humrickhouse
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Development, Validation and Application of a Mathematical Model for Inertial Fusion Energy Using OpenFOAM
8:00–8:20AM PDT
Eric Cervi (Politecnico di Milano), Antonio Cammi (Politecnico di Milano)
Paper
VERTEX Closures: Towards Data-Driven 3D MHD Turbulence Models for Fusion Blanket Simulations
8:20–8:40AM PDT
Arpan Sircar (ORNL), Katarzyna Borowiec (ORNL), Vittorio Badalassi (ORNL)
Helium Flow Simulations of Heat Transfer Enhancement Structures for Blanket First Wall Cooling
8:40–9:00AM PDT
Yuqiao Fan (ORNL), Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL)
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Development of OpenMC Reduced Ordered Models to Evaluate Solid Breeder Concepts
9:00–9:20AM PDT
Yogendra S. Panchal (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Marina Rizk (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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