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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|10:00–11:50AM CDT|Senate A/B
Session Chair:
Jonathan E. Menard
Alternate Chair:
Ben Lindley
Session Organizer:
Arnold Lumsdaine
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Design Point and Optimization of a General Fusion Magnetized Target Fusion Power Plant
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Daymon Krotez (General Fusion), Raphael Segas (General Fusion), Ivan Khalzov (General Fusion)
Presented by Michel Laberge (General Fusion)
Paper
Pre-Conceptual Neutronics and Shielding Assessment of a Beam-Driven Tokamak Volumetric Neutron Source
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Dieter Leichtle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Roman Afanasenko (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Christian Bachmann (EUROfusion), Pierluigi Chiovaro (Univ. Palermo), Aljaz Cufar (Jožef Stefan Institute), Gianfranco Federici (EUROfusion), Thomas Franke (EUROfusion), Ivo Moscato (EUROfusion), Jin Hun Park (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Pavel Pereslavtsev (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Alex Valentine (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority)
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The Advanced Tokamak Fusion Pilot Plant: An Optimized and Integrated Conceptual Design
10:50–11:10AM CDT
D.B. Weisberg (General Atomics), T. Akiyama (General Atomics), P. Beharrel (General Atomics), S. Ding (General Atomics), G. Dose (General Atomics), N. Eidietis (General Atomics), A.M. Garofalo (General Atomics), A. Ghiozzi (Oak Ridge Associated Universities), B.A. Grierson (General Atomics), J. Guterl (General Atomics), J. Harvery (General Atomics), A. Hennessey (General Atomics), A. Leonard (General Atomics), J. Leuer (General Atomics), B. Lyons (General Atomics), R. Maurizio (General Atomics), O. Meneghini (General Atomics), P. Mijatovic (General Atomics), R. Raffray (General Atomics), N. Shi (General Atomics), T. Slendebroek (Oak Ridge Associated Universities), M. Tillack (General Atomics), A. Xing (General Atomics)
Project Century: Zap Energy's 100 kW-Scale Repetitive Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z-Pinch System with Liquid Metal Cooling
11:10–11:30AM CDT
M.C. Thompson (Zap Energy), V. Nalajala (Zap Energy), B. Kelleher (Zap Energy), S. Brantley (Zap Energy), C. Parga (Zap Energy), A. Cheung (Zap Energy), M. Aubuchon (Zap Energy), B.A. Nelson (Zap Energy), B. Maynard (Zap Energy), J. Beers (Zap Energy), C. Ying (Zap Energy), J. Stuber (Zap Energy), T. Schwartz (Zap Energy), G. Staines (Zap Energy), S. Gagnon (Zap Energy), M. Acks (Zap Energy), S. Ashrun (Zap Energy), S. Bagdy (Zap Energy), A. Basile (Zap Energy), B. Beers (Zap Energy), K. Blackwell (Zap Energy), H. Blanck (Zap Energy), F. Caliari (Zap Energy), H. Carlson (Zap Energy), M. Christenson (Zap Energy), T. Connolly (Zap Energy), S. Cortez (Zap Energy), J. Costa-Greger (Zap Energy), H. Grover (Zap Energy), C. Hansen (Zap Energy), K. Hatfield (Zap Energy), S. Huotilainen (Zap Energy), S. Jurovich (Zap Energy), S. Korlann (Zap Energy), S. Muniyalkrishna (Zap Energy), M. Parry (Zap Energy), W. Pauley (Zap Energy), B. Pedler (Zap Energy), T. Rhodes (Zap Energy), D. Sanabria (Zap Energy), W. Schoenthal (Zap Energy), Z. Toth (Zap Energy), N. Tripp (Zap Energy), B. Wakefield (Zap Energy), B. Watson (Zap Energy), C. Zehner (Zap Energy)
Approach to Startup Inventory for Viable Commercial Fusion Power Plant
11:30–11:50AM CDT
Collin R. Malone (SRNL), Holly B. Flynn (SRNL), Alex D. Somers (SRNL), P. Arron Rowell (SRNL), George K. Larsen (SRNL)
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