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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.
P.A. Finn, D.K. Sze, R.G. Clemmer
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1589-1594
Material and Tritium | Proceedings of the Ninth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Oak Brook, Illinois, October 7-11, 1990) | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29568
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The tritium recovery system for the U.S. ITER Li2O/Be water cooled blanket processes two separate helium purge streams to recovery tritium from the Li2O zones and the Be zones of the blanket, to process the waste products, and to recirculate the helium back to the blanket. The components are selected to minimize the tritium inventory of the recovery system, and to minimize waste products. The system is robust to either an increase in the tritium release rate or to an in-leak of water in the purge system. Three major components were used to process these streams, first, 5A molecular sieves at −196°C separate hydrogen from the helium, second, a solid oxide electrolysis unit is used to reduce all molecular water, and third, a palladium/silver diffuser is used to ensure that only hydrogen (H2, HT) species reach the cryogenic distillation unit. The total tritium process inventory is 20g. The total capital cost is ∼$14M. Technical advantages of a solid oxide electrolysis unit and a palladium/silver diffuser are presented.