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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Deep Space: The new frontier of radiation controls
In commercial nuclear power, there has always been a deliberate tension between the regulator and the utility owner. The regulator fundamentally exists to protect the worker, and the utility, to make a profit. It is a win-win balance.
From the U.S. nuclear industry has emerged a brilliantly successful occupational nuclear safety record—largely the result of an ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) process that has driven exposure rates down to what only a decade ago would have been considered unthinkable. In the U.S. nuclear industry, the system has accomplished an excellent, nearly seamless process that succeeds to the benefit of both employee and utility owner.
Technical Session
Monday, July 22, 2024|3:15–5:05PM CDT|Assembly
Session Chair:
Charles Hirst (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Alternate Chair:
Lauren M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
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The Materials Development Roadmap for the ARC Fusion Power Plant
3:15–3:40PM CDT
Cody A. Dennett (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Lauren M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Brandon Sorbom (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
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The Role of Composition on Radiation Tolerance of Multicomponent Alloys for Plasma-Facing Materials
3:40–4:05PM CDT
Mary Alice Cusentino (Sandia), Megan J. McCarthy (Sandia), Katie M. Karl (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Eric Lang (Univ. New Mexico), Rico Treadwell (Sandia), Jonathan Coburn (Sandia)
Radiation Effects in Vanadium Alloys for Commercial Fusion Power Plant Design Applications: What Data is Missing to Enable Expeditious Deployment?
4:05–4:25PM CDT
Alicia M. Elliott (MIT), Maxwell Rae (MIT), Angus Wylie (MIT), Lauren Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Michael P. Short (MIT)
Novel High-Throughput Platform for Refractory High-Entropy Alloys Development for Plasma Facing Components
4:25–4:45PM CDT
Adrien Couet (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Matthias Beuting (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Nathan Curtis (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Nick Crnkovich (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Danah Velez (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Qingyuan Li (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ali Nabaa (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Zack Rielley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Nate Eklof (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Rohan Mishra (Washington Univ. St. Louis), Lianyi Chen (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Effect of Neutron Irradiation on Formation of Irradiation Defect and Deuterium Retention for W-Re Alloy
4:45–5:05PM CDT
A. Hayakawa (Shizuoka Univ.), Y. Hoshino (Shizuoka Univ.), T. Toyama (Tohoku Univ.), R. Kolasinski (Sandia), C.N. Taylor (INL), M. Shimada (INL), Y. Hatano (Univ. Toyama), Y. Oya (Shizuoka Univ.)
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