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Fusion Fuel Panel at SOFT 2026

During the Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT 2026), smolsys hosted an afternoon of expert talks, technical discussion and networking on the fusion fuel cycle — from beryllium and lithium-6 to tritium handling, detritiation and analytics. Speakers from research organisations, fusion laboratories and industry; moderated by Michel Hübner, Swiss Industry Liaison Office.

  • DateWednesday, 23 September 2026, 15:00 – 20:00
  • VenueLe Pigonnet, 5 avenue du Pigonnet, 13090 Aix-en-Provence, France
  • Hostsmolsys AG — Gold Sponsor of SOFT 2026
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About the panel

From scientific excellence to operational innovation

Monitoring technologies, analytical methods, process control, safety and operational experience — the panel brought research and industry together in support of future fusion energy.

Fusion Materials

Materials science and supply chain enable next-level power generation.

Tritium Handling

New industrial tritium processing, safety and analytics.

Fuel Cycle Tech

Integrated systems across the complete fusion fuel cycle.

Research & Industry

Connections between industry and science.

Programme

Wednesday, 23 September 2026

Le Pigonnet, Aix-en-Provence · moderated by Michel Hübner, Swiss Industry Liaison Office

↓ Programme (PDF, 1 page)
  1. Welcome gathering & apéro
  2. Welcome and introduction
  3. A new beryllium facility at CERN for fabrication of ultra-high-vacuum componentsStefano Sgobba — CERN
  4. Beryllides and breeding blanket concepts, an overviewAniceto Goraieb — GVT
  5. New mercury-free 6Li isotopic separation methodHarris Kohl — PSI / ETH
  6. Break
  7. Where the fusion raw material comes from — a supply chain mappingBenjamin Rogers — PSI / ETH
  8. Current state of the art in detritiation of materials and wasteSteve Reynolds — UKAEA
  9. A modern approach on tritium handlingGabriel Chira — GC Fusion Design Technologies
  10. Break
  11. Tritium analytics — HTO/T2 discrimination and its importanceLoic Pierre — Mirion
  12. Tritium detection by solid-state scintillatorFlorian Priester — KIT
  13. Raman spectroscopy — learnings and optimisations achievedErik Varhegyi — smolsys
  14. Progress and learnings on the SPARC tritium handling facility and roadmap to ARCAnthony Hollingsworth — Commonwealth Fusion Systems
  15. Gala dinner for all panel participants

Partners

In collaboration with

  • Swiss Industry Liaison Office
  • Fusion for Future
  • Paul Scherrer Institute PSI
  • ETH Zürich
  • Technopark Luzern
  • GC Fusion Design Technologies
  • Mirion
  • UK Atomic Energy Authority
  • Commonwealth Fusion Systems
  • CERN
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT

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