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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.
J. H. Degnan, W. L. Baker, M. L. Alme, C. Boyer, J. S. Buff, J. D. Beason, C. J. Clouse, S. K. Coffey, D. Dietz, M. H. Frese, J. D. Graham, D. J. Hall, J. L. Holmes, E. A. Lopez, R. E. Peterkin, Jr., D. W. Price, N. F. Roderick, S. W. Seiler, C. R. Sovinec, P. J. Turchi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 27 | Number 2 | March 1995 | Pages 115-123
Experimental Device | Special Section: Pulsed High-Density Systems | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A30368
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Electromagnetic implosions of shaped cylindrical aluminum liners that remain at solid density are discussed. The approximate liner parameters have an initial radius of 3 to 4 cm, are 4 cm in height, and are ∼0.1 cm thick. The liners are driven by the Shiva Star 1300-µf capacitor bank at an 84-kV charging voltage and an ∼30-nH total initial inductance (including implosion load). The discharge current travels along the length of the liner and rises to 14 MA in ∼8 µs. The implosion time is ∼12 µs. Diagnostics include inductive current and capacitive voltage probes, magnetic probes, and radiography. Both right-circular cylinder and conical liner implosion data are displayed and discussed. Radiography indicates implosion behavior substantially consistent with two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic calculations, which predict inner surface implosion velocities exceeding 20 km/s, and compressed density of two to three times solid density. Less growth of perturbations is evident for the conical liner (∼1% thickness tolerance) than for the right-circular cylindrical liner (∼3% thickness tolerance).