FUSION FUEL PANEL
Personal invitation: Smolsys AG is pleased to host a dedicated workshop during SOFT 2026 and warmly welcomes you to join us for an afternoon of expert talks, technical discussions and networking.
ABOUT THE PANEL
From scientific excellence to operational innovation
The programm features a diverse panel of keynote speakers from research organisations, fusion laboratories and industry, bringing together complementary expertise spanning fusion fuel cycle. Covering monitoring technologies, analytical methods, process control, safety and operational experience, the workshop promotes dialogue between research and industrial innovation 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
We create connections between industry and science.
In collaboration with
Gold Sponsor
smolsys is a proud Gold Sponsor of SOFT 2026 — and the host of this dedicated Fusion Fuel Cycle Panel alongside the conference.
Wednesday, 23 September 2026
Le Pigonnet · 5 avenue du Pigonnet, 13090 Aix-en-Provence Moderated by Michel Hübner - Swiss Industry Liaison Office
PROGRAMME
- 16:00
Welcome and Introduction
- 16:10
A new beryllium facility at CERN for fabrication of ultra-high-vacuum components
Stefano Sgobba — CERN
- 16:30
Beryllides and breeding blanket concepts, an overview
Aniceto Goraieb — GVT
- 16:50
New mercury-free 6-Li isotopic separation method
Harris Kohl — PSI / ETH
- 17:10
Break
- 17:20
Where the fusion raw material comes from — a supply chain mapping
Benjamin Rogers — PSI / ETH
- 17:40
Current state of the art in detritiation of materials and waste
Steve Reynolds — UKAEA
- 18:00
A modern approach on tritium handling
Gabriel Chira — GC Fusion Design Technologies
- 18:20
Break
- 18:30
Tritium analytics — HTO/T2 discrimination and its importance
Loic Pierre — MIRION
- 18:45
Tritium detection by solid-state scintillator
Florian Priester — KIT
- 19:00
Raman spectroscopy — learnings and optimisations achieved
Erik Varhegyi — Smolsys
- 19:20
Progress and Learnings on the SPARC tritium handling facility and roadmap to ARC
Anthony Hollingsworth
- 19:40
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Registration
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Fill out the form below to register your interest. We look forward to welcoming you in Aix-en-Provence. NOTE: This invitation is personal and non-transferable. Only personally invited guests may register. Your registration will be confirmed once you have received the confirmation email.