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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.
Gerald Kamelander, Franz Woloch, Gert Sdouz
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 25 | Number 3 | May 1994 | Pages 241-248
Technical Paper | Alpha-Particle Special / Plasma Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST94-A30280
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Recently, fast alpha-particle-driven kinetic Alfvén waves were investigated by means of a nonlinear turbulent theory, and an analytic expression for the corresponding diffusion coefficient was derived. This diffusion coefficient is introduced in a kinetic alpha-particle transport code based on the solution of a special Fokker-Planck equation by means of a multigroup formalism. The structure of Dα leads to a nonlinear and self-consistent problem. The simulation of realistic International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)-like plasmas by means of a plasma transport code and a description of the anomalous ion and electron transport by the widely accepted Rebut-Lallia model are dealt with. This code is combined with a kinetic alpha-particle transport code to calculate the alpha-particle power deposition profiles to the plasma electrons and the plasma ions. Results are presented for an ignition scenario for ITER-like plasmas. These seem to be the first plasma simulations using a self-consistent alpha-particle transport model. Estimating the effects of anomalous alpha-particle transport is accomplished by repeating each scenario switching off the alpha-particle transport routine and assuming local alpha-particle power deposition. Important physical quantities like density profiles and diffusion coefficients are discussed.