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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.
W. A. Houlberg, N. A. Uckan
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 1421-1426
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29921
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Two reference operational scenarios for the ITER CDA design are examined with the time-dependent 1½-D WHIST transport code: the A1 ignition case and the B1 long-pulse case. Plasma profiles are evaluated self-consistently from the source profiles and radial-dependent transport properties. Among the time-dependent issues addressed are the time scales for startup and shutdown as determined by current profile relaxation rates (skin times), fueling and particle pumping rates, and auxiliary heating and current drive sources. Operational constraints are monitored throughout the simulations: βt, ℓi, , ne(a), etc.