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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.
Yuan Chen, Gang Chen, Rong Liu, Haiping Guo, Wenjiang Chen, Wenmian Jiang, Jian Shen
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1919-1924
Neutronic | Proceedings of the Ninth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Oak Brook, Illinois, October 7-11, 1990) | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29622
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Using the Total Absorption Method, the neutron multiplications in beryllium have been measured. A deionized water sphere with outer radius of 75 cm and a polyethylene sphere with outer radius of 69 cm were used as the total neutron absorbers. Neutron distributions in the spheres were measured using 235U fission chambers. The relative and the efficiency-determined methods were compared. Important sources of experimental errors were detailly analyzed. 4 groups of neutron multiplications in beryllium up to 14.85 cm thick for two total absorbers and two methods of measurement have been obtained and agreement among them is satisfactory. Measured results have been compared with ANISN calculations using data from ENDF/B-IV. It is shown that the differences between calculations and experiments are up to 15%.