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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.
C. A. Ordonez, W. D. Booth, R. Carrera, R. Mohanti, M. E. Oakes
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1783-1788
Impurity Control and Plasma-Facing Component | Proceedings of the Ninth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Oak Brook, Illinois, October 7-11, 1990) | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29601
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Accurate estimates of first-wall erosion in a compact fusion ignition experiment are important for the design of the first-wall system and its maintenance. Because of maintenance requirements and thermal response considerations, a smooth wall represents a good candidate for the first-wall. This type of wall is considered in an analysis of first-wall erosion in the IGNITEX high-field ignition tokamak. A poloidal model of the scrape-off layer is used with a new sputtering model to investigate the distribution of first-wall erosion and impurity penetration into the plasma. Estimates of erosion values at the wall during disruptions are calculated both with and without vapor. Vapor shielding effects are found to be significant. The effect of the thermal quench duration is analyzed and various low Z first wall materials are considered.