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X-energy receives federal tax credit for TRISO fuel facility
Advanced reactor company X-energy has been awarded $148.5 million in tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act for construction of its TRISO-X fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
W.K. Beck, H.D. Becker, M.M. Besen, D.A. Gwinn, D.B. Montgomery, N.T. Pierce, R.D. Pillsbury, J.H. Schultz
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 1536-1541
Magnet Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24951
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The Alcator C-Mod toroidal field (TF) magnets include several advanced magnet concepts that are planned or considered for a compact ignition tokamak experiment (C.I.T). Two concepts in particular, sliding joints and explosively-bonded composite plates, require a development program to assure feasibility and performance.
