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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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DOE selects TVA and Holtec for SMR awards
The Department of Energy has selected the Tennessee Valley Authority and Holtec Government Services to support the early deployments of light water small modular reactors in the United States. The companies will each receive as much as $400 million in federal cost-shared funding to advance their initial SMR projects in Tennessee and Michigan, respectively, including follow-on projects and associated supply chains.
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|1:00–2:50PM CDT|Assembly
Session Chair:
Jun Ren (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Minami Yoda (Michigan State University)
Session Organizer:
Paul P. Wilson
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Design Approach and Technology R&D for the EU-DEMO Divertor
1:00–1:25PM CDT
J.H. You (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), N. Mantel (UKAEA), D. Marzullo (Univ. Trieste), G. Mazzone (ENEA), S. Roccella (ENEA), P. Rossi (ENEA), L. Volpe (UKAEA)
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Design and Integration of a Decoupled Capillary Porous System Based First Wall for HELIAS
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Jose A. Noguerón (CIEMAT), Iván Fernández-Berceruelo (CIEMAT), David Rapisarda (CIEMAT), Iole Palermo (CIEMAT)
Thermal-Fluid and Thermal-Structural Response of the T-Tube Modular Divertor to Spatiotemporally Varying Heat Loads
1:50–2:10PM CDT
M.L. Lanahan (Georgia Tech), S.I. Abdel-Khalik (Georgia Tech), M. Yoda (Michigan State Univ.)
Design and Implementation of Surface Eroding Thermocouples for Stage One Modular Divertor Integration
2:10–2:30PM CDT
J. Ren (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), T. Elsey (General Atomics), C. Murphy (General Atomics), B.Z. Zhao (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), D. Pierce (General Atomics), M. Shafer (ORNL), R. Wilcox (ORNL), S. Hong (General Atomics), D. Donovan (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Design and Analysis of an Integrated Additively Manufactured Test Article for Plasma Facing Component
2:30–2:50PM CDT
Ajit Bhat (ORNL), Michael DeVinney (ORNL), Travis K. Gray (ORNL), Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL)
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