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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.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 2062-2066
Safety, Recycling, and Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A30025
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The Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) Preliminary Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) Plan1 was developed to provide a framework for estimating the costs and schedule for implementing a final D&D Plan. This work will be used in evaluating the future use of the TFTR Test Cell. D&D planning and estimates were generated for two cases of plasma operations for TFTR. The first scenario is for continued operation in deuterium-deuterium (D-D) plasmas and subsequent decommissioning. This scenario would require D&D to a TFTR which is slightly activated and contaminated but still with a capability for “hands-on” D&D work. The second scenario calls for deuterium-tritium (D-T) plasma operations. In this scenario TFTR becomes highly activated and contaminated with tritium. This operational scenario will result in a TFTR which will require D&D involving remote handling. The end result in either scenario would provide a Test Cell which is available for future use. This paper will discuss the D&D objectives, management, safety and technical plans, and critical assumptions made in order to develop cost and schedule estimates.