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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.
T.J. McCarville, C.F. Carson, B.B. Glasgow, W.R. Meier
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 1565-1570
Fusion Economic | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24955
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A system model for scaling the cost and performance of ICF point designs to different operating conditions has been developed. The model allows changes in various figures of merit to be examined as a function of selected operating conditions. As a result, S/kWe can be optimized as a function of net electric output. A detailed description of the algorithms1 and users guide2 can be obtained through LLNL. This report provides an overview of the philosophy that motivated the performance and cost models, and illustrates the model results with an example.