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Second round of Launch Pad selections includes eight newcomers
The National Reactor Innovation Center at Idaho National Laboratory has announced 13 project selections across 12 companies for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad, a Department of Energy–led program that integrates reactor and fuel facility authorization, testing, and deployment support for private nuclear developers.
The Launch Pad emerged from the Reactor Pilot Program and Fuel Line Pilot Program.
According to INL, projects selected include reactor development and nuclear fuel cycle advancements, including fabrication, enrichment, and conversion technologies.
Yuji Nakamura, N. Nakajima, K. Y. Watanabe, M. Yokoyama
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 50 | Number 2 | August 2006 | Pages 281-286
Technical Paper | Stellarators | doi.org/10.13182/FST06-A1247
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Effects of the bumpy field component on the bootstrap current in the low-collisionality regime are discussed for L = 1 helical plasmas. It is usually considered that the bumpy field component or toroidal mirror ratio suppresses the bootstrap current in helical plasmas since it is a symmetry-breaking component. In the Heliotron J device, however, it has been observed that the direction of the bootstrap current can be changed according to the magnitude of the bumpy field component. In this study, we calculate the bootstrap current in the low-collisionality regime using a model magnetic field spectrum and discuss the condition under which the reversal of the bootstrap current direction occurs.