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Review of Owner-Operator Requirements for Fusion Energy to Inform and Enable Technology Development and Commercialization

Diana Grandas, Andrew Sowder

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 1-7

Review Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2476853

Building a Body of Knowledge to Inform a Technology-Agnostic Iterative Safety Assessment Methodology for Fusion Facilities

Steven Krahn, Diana Grandas, Andrew Sowder, Brennan Ferrington, George Flanagan

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 8-19

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2470049

In-Field Testing of Components for Feedback and Control of the ITER Disruption Mitigation System

Devaaya Latta, Trey Gebhart, Tim Bigelow, Shane Frank, Nance Ericson, Mathias Dibon, Stefan Jachmich, Uron Kruezi

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 20-31

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2504101

Century: Zap Energy’s 100-kW-Scale Repetitive Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z-Pinch System with Liquid Metal Cooling

Matthew Thompson, Vidya Nalajala, Brian Kelleher, Steven Brantley, Clemente Parga, Alex Cheung, Matt Aubuchon, Brian Nelson, Micki Acks, Skyler Ashrun, Steven Bagdy, Allan Basile, Brianne Beers, Clyde Joshua Beers, Kenneth Blackwell, Haley Blanck, Felipe Caliari, Hannah Carlson, Michael Christenson, Thomas Connolly, Steven Cortez, Justin Costa-Greger, Christopher Dion, Sean Gagnon, Harpreet Grover, Corwin Hansen, Kaleb Hatfield, Santtu Joni Eemeli Huotilainen, Steve Jurovich, Scott Korlann, Brad Maynard, Santhosh Kumar Muniyal Krishna, Marcus Parry, Wyatt Pauley, Bill Pedler, Tyler Rhodes, David Sanabria Diaz, Whitney Schoenthal, Tim Schwartz, Geoff Staines, James Stuber, Zofia Toth, Nathan Tripp, Bruce Wakefield, Ben Watson, Chen Ying, Cassidy Zehner

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 32-44

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2532331

Operation of the Pegasus-III Experiment at 0.6 T for Nonsolenoidal Startup Development

M. D. Nornberg, M. W. Bongard, M. T. Borchardt, S. J. Diem, B. A. Kujak-Ford, J. A. Goetz, B. T. Lewicki, J. A. Reusch, C. Rodriguez Sanchez, C. E. Schaefer, A. C. Sontag, J. D. Weberski, G. R. Winz

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 45-55

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2457254

A Microwave System for Solenoid-Free Startup Studies on Pegasus-III

J. A. Goetz, M. W. Bongard, S. J. Diem, J. K. Peery

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 56-63

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2456893

Surrogate Model of Electron Cyclotron Heating and Current Drive in a Compact Advanced Tokamak

Andrew M. Irvin, Ehab Hassan, Sebastian de Pascuale, Mark Cianciosa, Rhea L. Barnett, Livia Casali

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 64-78

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2476829

Design and Engineering of LUPIN: A Test-Bed Radio-Frequency Ion Source for Enhanced Neutral Beam Injection on DIII-D

Arthur Mazzeo, Florian M. Laggner, Keanu J. Ammons, Sazzad Hossain, Evan Kallenberg, Liam King, Kirtan Davda, Miral Shah, Steven C. Shannon, Amanda M. Lietz, Brendan Crowley, John T. Scoville

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 79-91

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2498216

Design and Study of Inductively Coupled Plasma Chamber Components Using the SupRISE Test Device at DIII-D

Evan Kallenberg, Brendan Crowley, John T. Scoville, Florian M. Laggner, Arthur Mazzeo, Keanu J. Ammons, Md. Sazzad Hossain, Liam King, Amanda M. Lietz, Steven C. Shannon

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 92-105

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2515323

Feasibility Study on Heat Pipes for Radio Frequency Antennas

Minuk Jung, Amy Watterson, Gregory M. Wallace

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 106-121

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2024.2441621

Chemical and Chemical-Mechanical Polishing of Surface Roughness on L-PBF/GRCop-42 Cu-Cr-Nb Additive Manufactured 10-GHz RF Structures

A. H. Seltzman, S. J. Wukitch

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 122-134

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2540224

Design and Analysis of the Open-Surface Slow Li Flow Divertor and Comparison to the Fast Li Flow Divertor

Yuchen Jiang, Sunday Aduloju, Sergey Smolentsev

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 135-155

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2454154

Thermal-Fluid and Thermal-Structural Response of the T-Tube Modular Divertor to Spatiotemporally Varying Heat Loads

Michael L. Lanahan, Said I. Abdel-Khalik, Minami Yoda

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 156-172

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2454182

Toward Verification of RANS Simulations of the T-Tube Modular Divertor Using Large Eddy Simulations of Impinging Turbulent Plane Jets

Michael L. Lanahan, Said I. Abdel-Khalik, Minami Yoda

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 173-202

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2523196

Heat Removal Performance of a Helium Gas Flow in Unidirectional Porous Copper Pipes with Spatially Gradating Pore Structure for Nuclear Fusion Divertors

Ryohei Kubota, Kohei Yuki, Kazuhisa Yuki, Shigeru Tanaka, Kazuyuki Hokamoto

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 203-211

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2515324

Acoustic State Sensing of Subcooled Boiling Heat Transfer on a CuCrZr Surface Using a Deep Neural Network for Divertor Application

Yoshitaka Ueki, Yuta Aoki, Naoya Maeda, Noriyuki Unno, Kazuhisa Yuki, Yohji Seki, Shin-ichi Satake

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 212-220

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2024.2435193

CFD Simulations of Molten Salts Within Plasma-Facing Components with Twisted Tape Inserts Under One-Sided–Heated Conditions

Sierra A. Tutwiler, Dillon R. Shaver, Lane B. Carasik

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 221-232

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2470044

Design and Implementation of Surface Eroding Thermocouples for Stage-One Modular Divertor Integration at the DIII-D Tokamak

Jun Ren, Tyler Elsey, Christopher Murphy, Bingzhe Zhao, Morgan Shafer, Robert Wilcox, Suk-Ho Hong, Ryan Hood, Cedric Tsui, David Donovan

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 233-244

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2561354

Surface Heat Load Analysis Due to Plasma Thermal Radiation on Equatorial Port 09

Han Zhang, Nathan Arnwine, Jiawen Wang

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 245-251

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2579451

MHD Analysis of Dual-Coolant Lead-Lithium Blanket for Spherical Tokamak Advanced Reactor

Deepa Gupta, Arthur Brooks, Thomas Brown, Andrei Khodak, Brian Linn, Jonathan Menard

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 252-273

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2560740

Investigation of Anchor Link Magnetohydrodynamic Effects in the Toroidally Symmetric Lead-Lithium (TSLL) Blanket Concept

Yuqiao (Joy) Fan, Sergey Smolentsev

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 274-287

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2498770

Design Overview of a High-Pressure Helium Flow Visualization Apparatus for Blanket Cooling Studies

Cody S. Wiggins, Yuqiao Fan, Chris Crawford, Chase Joslin

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 288-298

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2476849

Shutdown Dose Rate Analysis of Various Blanket Concepts

Nikolas G. Nelson, Son N. Quang, Nicholas R. Brown, G. Ivan Maldonado

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 299-310

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2478542

Preconceptual Neutronics and Shielding Studies of a Beam-Driven Tokamak Volumetric Neutron Source

Dieter Leichtle, Roman Afanasenko, Christian Bachmann, Aljaz Cufar, Gianfranco Federici, Thomas Franke, Bor Kos, Ivo Moscato, Jin Hun Park, Pavel Pereslavtsev, Alex Valentine

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 311-318

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2503680

Physics-Informed Plasma Profile Input for OpenMC Fusion Neutronics

Benjamin T. Taczak, Livia Casali, Son Quang, G. Ivan Maldonado, Kuan Lee

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 319-330

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2525028

Electromagnetic Analysis of ITER Electron Cyclotron Emission Components and Support Structures for the Preliminary Design Review

Jiarong Fang, Orlando Pastor, Jagrut Bhavsar, Peter Titus

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 331-340

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2557112

Development, Verification, and Validation of an OpenFOAM-Based Solver for Modeling Inertial Fusion Energy Chambers

Nahom Habtemariam, Eric Cervi, Carlo Fiorina, Susana Reyes

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 341-356

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2533551

Conceptual Design of UNITY-2, the Fuel Cycle Test Facility for Fusion Pilot Plants

Colin Baus, Hugh Boniface, Ian Castillo, Amir Dashliborun, Christian Day, Takashi Ino, Minoru Jimma, Daiki Kikuchi, Mitch King, Satoshi Konishi, Yoshifumi Kume, Suneui Lee, Nobuo Maki, Yoshinao Matsunaga, John McGrady, Kyosuke Namba, Louis Neumann, Yuhei Nozoe, Richard Pearson, Donald Ryland, Jonas Schwenzer, Stephen Strickwerda, Sam Suppiah, Tim Teichmann, Bibake Uppal, Todd Whitehorne, Tomoya Yokoi

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 357-372

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2481362

Cataloging Legacy Data from the Tritium Systems Test Assembly Program

Vicky Lizardi-Lobb, Claire L. Bullock, Victoria Hypes-Mayfield, Joseph H. Dumont

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 373-378

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2498231

High Compression in Palladium Alloy Metal Foil Pumps

Chao Li, Thomas F. Fuerst, J. Douglas Way, Colin A. Wolden

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 379-390

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2024.2415794

Continued Testing and Modeling of the AirSquared All-Metal Tritium Scroll Pump

Victoria Hypes-Mayfield, Lyra Troy, David Dogruel, William Kubic, Joseph H. Dumont

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 391-399

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2485826

Sticking Coefficients of Fusion Reactor Impurities from Molecular Dynamics Simulations for the Design of Cryopumps

Nirajan Adhikari, Trey E. Gebhart, Larry R. Baylor

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 400-407

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2454165

Deuterium Extraction from Helium with a Vanadium Vacuum Permeator: Commissioning of the Tritium Extraction eXperiment (TEX)

Thomas F. Fuerst, Brooke L. Davenport, Erik A. Hiserodt, Anthony G. Bowers, Tucker G. D. Warden, Hanns A. Gielt, Adriaan A. Riet, Matthew D. Eklund, L. Shayne Loftus, Masashi Shimada, Chase N. Taylor

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 408-419

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2540225

Separation of Hydrogen Using Pd/Ag Membranes: Experimental and Modeling Results with Potential Application to Direct Internal Recycle

Victoria Hypes-Mayfield, Lyra Troy, David Dogruel, William Kubic, Joseph H. Dumont

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 420-430

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2571383

Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of the Molten Salt Tritium Transport Experiment Test Section

Anthony G. Bowers, Jr., Subash L. Sharma, Thomas F. Fuerst

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 431-448

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2549608

High-Fidelity CFD Modeling of Cryogenic Hydrogen Isotope Extrusion for Fusion Reactor Pellet Fueling

Yuqiao (Joy) Fan, Larry R. Baylor, Steven J. Meitner

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 449-460

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2540219

Study of Diffusion Expansion of Damaged Layer in Nd₂Zr₂O₇ Ceramics Under High-Temperature Irradiation

Inesh Kenzhina, Mussa Kabiyev, Artem Kozlovskiy, Meiram Begentayev, Aktolkyn Tolenova, Petr Blynskiy

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 461-470

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2478774

Claude de Lamater-Brotherton, Marie Romedenne, Ying Zhang, Bruce A. Pint

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 82 / Number 1-2 / January-February 2026 / Pages 471-485

Research Article / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2498195