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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.
R. Lowell Reid, Don Steiner
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 1 | July 1983 | Pages 120-143
Technical Paper | Fusion Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A22780
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Parametric studies were conducted using the Fusion Engineering Design Center (FEDC) systems code to investigate the cost, performance, and engineering sensitivity of variations within the fusion engineering device (FED) design space. Candidate FED missions and the associated fusion devices required to achieve the missions are compared. A brief description of the FEDC systems code and the results of the parametric studies that helped to define the FED baseline design are presented.