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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.
R.F. Mattas, R. Bastasz, J. N. Brooks, A. Hassanein, S. Luckhardt, K. McCarthy, P. Mioduszewski, E. Mogahed, R. Moir, N. Morely, R. Nygren, C. Reed, D. Ruzic, I. Sviatoslavsky, D. Sze, M. Tillack, P.M. Wade, K. Wilson, R. Wooley, C. Wong
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 34 | Number 3 | November 1998 | Pages 345-350
Advanced Materials and Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11963638
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The purpose of the ALPS program is to identify and evaluate advanced limiter/divertor systems that will enhance the attractiveness of fusion power. The highest priority goals at present are achieving high power density, up to 50 MW/m2, and showing compatibility of plasma-facing surfaces with plasma operation. Personnel representing a wide range of disciplines from a number of institutions are engaged in the program, where an evaluation phase of the program is planned for three years. Successful identification of promising concepts in the evaluation phase should lead to an R&D phase that includes proof-of-principle experiments.