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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)
Plenary Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Huntington B/C
Speakers
Kathryn A. McCarthy, Ph.D."Perspectives from ITER"Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Troy Carter“Accelerating Fusion Energy Development in the US: The FESAC Long Range Plan and Next Steps”Univ. California, Los Angeles
Steven J. Zinkle“Progress and Challenges for Fusion Materials”Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville
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Accelerating Fusion Energy Development in the US: The FESAC Long Range Plan and Next Steps
Troy Carter (Univ. California, Los Angeles)
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Progress and Challenges for Fusion Materials
Steven J. Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Lance L. Snead (State Univ. New York, Stony Brook), Yutai Katoh (ORNL), Nasr M. Ghoniem (Univ. California, Los Angeles), Jaime Marian (Univ. California, Los Angeles), Jason Trelewicz (State Univ. New York, Stony Brook), Kevin G. Field (Univ. Michigan), Wahyu Setyawan (PNNL), Brian D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee., Knoxville), G. Robert Odette (Univ. California, Santa Barbara)
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