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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.
Talbot A. Chubb, Scott R. Chubb
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 17 | Number 4 | July 1990 | Pages 710-712
Technical Notes on Cold Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST90-A29206
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A theory of solid-state fusion based on the formation of a D+ Bose Bloch condensate (BBC) is summarized. The first step toward fusion is a coalescence reaction that converts a multiple-occupation state of chemical density into a state of nuclear density. In PdDx, conditions for formation of a BBC are favorable when x is near unity, due to avoidance of lattice strain energy that otherwise contributes to the chemical potential. Fusion obeys a 3ldquo;boson in, boson out” selection rule and avoids the proton and neutron fluxes of collision-induced fusion. Some cold fusion studies are compatible with the theory and indicate the possibility of largely radiation-free commercial nuclear power from an inexhaustible fuel supply.