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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. Furutachi et al.
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 63 | Number 1 | May 2013 | Pages 343-345
doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A16949
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In the tandem mirror GAMMA 10, a gold neutral beam probe (GNBP) has been developed to measure the local electrostatic potential and electric field of the central plasma. The potentials at two points of which separation is about 1cm can be measured simultaneously with high time resolution. The estimation error of the potential is reduced to be ±15V using a new fitting function for the secondary beam profile. The electric field of the plasma maintained by ICRF only (~240 kW) is a little negative (about -5 V/cm), and it increased by about 20 V/cm and became positive due to the plug ECH with the power of 300 kW.