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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.
E. Wakai, H. Kondo, T. Kanemura, T. Furukawa, Y. Hirakawa, K. Watanabe, M. Ida, Y. Ito, S. Niitsuma, Y. Edao, K. Fujishiro, K. Nakaniwa, E. Hoashi, H. Horiike, H. Serizawa, Y. Kawahito, S. Fukada, Y. Sugie, A. Suzuki, J. Yagi, Y. Tsuji, K. Furuya, F. Groeschel, J. Knaster, G. Micchiche, A. Ibarra, R. Heidinger, F. Nitti, M. Sugimoto
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 66 | Number 1 | July-August 2014 | Pages 46-56
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST13-770
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EVEDA Lithium Test Loop (ELTL) has been designed and constructed, has operated a liquid lithium flow test facility with the world's highest flow rate and has succeeded in generating a 100-mm-wide and 25-mm-thick free-surface lithium flow along a concave back plate steadily at a high speed of 20 m/s at 300°C for the first time in the world. This result will greatly advance the development of an accelerator-based neutron source to high energy and high density, one of the key objectives of the fusion reactor materials development under the BA (Broader Approach) Activities. Recent related engineering validation and engineering design of the lithium facility has been evaluated.