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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.
Yoshihiko Yamamoto, Toshihiko Yamanishi, Yoshinori Kawamura, Kanetsugu Isobe, Yasushi Yamamoto, Satoshi Konishi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 52 | Number 3 | October 2007 | Pages 692-695
Technical Paper | The Technology of Fusion Energy - Tritium, Safety, and Environment | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1570
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Liquid LiPb blanket system is investigated in the fusion reactor. This study's purpose is the purity control of the oxygen and Hydrogen in LiPb using solid electrolyte sell. This system has the advantages such as capability of continuous monitoring without sampling.In this experiment, the cell made of YSZ solid electrolyte was used for measuring partial oxygen potential in the range from 400 ~ 450 degree C.Measured emf of the cell in LiPb is converted to oxygen activity with Nernst equation. And calculated oxygen activity in LiPb from thermodynamics theory agrees with observed value. The result of experiment shows the feasibility of the solid electrolyte cell.