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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.W. Powers, E.G. Lovell, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, R.L. Engelstad
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 740-745
Inertial Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29433
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Structural integrity issues are addressed for a symmetric illumination laser driven tritium production facility. At critical locations in the reaction chamber's skeletal frame, mechanical stresses and deflections from self-weight loading are evaluated by finite element methods. Thermal stress analyses of the tiles constituting the chamber's first wall include a comparison of the response of carbon/carbon composite and graphite as well as the influence of irradiation. The results substantiate a viable design for the principal aspects of the reaction chamber.