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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.
Augusta Airoldi, Giovanna Cenacchi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 1 | January 1991 | Pages 78-85
Technical Paper | Plasma Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29317
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The influence of a few parameters on the possibility of reaching ignition in the Ignitor device is analyzed using a 1½-dimensional equilibrium transport code. The models adopted for electron and ion thermal diffusivities scale with the net power input to the plasma components. No auxiliary heating is considered besides that due to alpha particles. In the operative scenario examined, the plasma current (Ip = 10 MA) and the toroidal field (BT = 11.1 T) are maintained for 4 s. The importance of density profile shaping is pointed out together with the influence of current density peaking. Sensitivity to specified assumptions is also analyzed and the limit values, still guaranteeing ignition, for different parameters are determined.