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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.
K. Noborio, Y. Yamamoto, S. Konishi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 52 | Number 4 | November 2007 | Pages 1105-1109
Technical Paper | Nonelectric Applications | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1645
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The neutron production rate (NPR) through fusion reaction on the surface of electrode(s) of an IECF (Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion) device, which is expected to increase at low pressure, has been evaluated with a one dimensional simulation code and an experimental device. In the simulation, the NPR on the cathode and the anode has been evaluated individually as a function of pressure. The simulation results reveal that the NPR on the cathode increases at low pressure and that on the anodes increases at high pressure. In the experiment, titanium coated electrodes have been used in order to rise the adsorbed amount, and the results show same tendency along with the pressure as calculation results. And the maximum value increases 3 times by coating titanium.