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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.
J. S. Watson, W. R. Grimes, D. E. Brashears
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 2 | September 1985 | Pages 2113-2120
Blanket and Process Engineering | Proceedings of the Second National Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology in Fission, Fusion and Isotopic Applications (Dayton, Ohio, April 30 to May 2, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A24596
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A conceptual flowsheet was prepared for continuous processing of molten salt used as the blanket material for breeding tritium and fissile material (233U) in a fusion/fission hybrid reactor. The salt, which has a melting point of ∼530°C, was 70 mol % LiF, 12 mol % BeF2, and 18 mol % ThF4. The hybrid reactor generates 3000 MWe, and the blanket contains 65 m3 of the breeding salt.