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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. T. Santoro, J. M. Barnes, R. G. Alsmiller, Jr., Margaret B. Emmett, James D. Drischler
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 11 | Number 2 | March 1987 | Pages 420-428
Technical Paper | Blanket Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST87-A25018
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A recent paper presented neutron spectral distributions (energy ≥0.91 MeV) measured at various locations around the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. The neutron source for the series of measurements was a small deuterium-tritium generator placed at various positions in the TFTR vacuum chamber. The results of neutron transport calculations are presented and compared with these experimental data. The calculations were carried out using Monte Carlo methods and a very detailed model of the TFTR and the TFTR test cell. The calculated and experimental fluences per unit energy are compared in absolute units. Significant areas of agreement and disagreement are found for different combinations of source and detector positions.