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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.
Lorelei Commin, Siegfried Baumgärtner, Bernhard Dafferner, Silvia Heger, Michael Rieth, Anton Möslang
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 66 | Number 1 | July-August 2014 | Pages 131-135
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST13-744
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
In future nuclear fusion reactors, structural materials will undergo a large thermal cycling due to pulsed operation and the occurrence of several maintenance periods. Therefore, the investigation of the combined role of creep and fatigue loading is of major importance. In this study, we focused on Eurofer 3 electron beam welds. Two different post-welding heat treatments were carried out: a two-step heat treatment (30 minutes at 980°C followed by 2 hours at 750°C) and a one-step heat treatment (2 hours at 750°C). Fatigue, creep and creep-fatigue tests were performed. A 550°C test temperature was chosen, corresponding to the upper operation temperature currently foreseen for this material. Creep-fatigue experiments were achieved by interrupting a fatigue test and then applying a creep loading until the fracture of the specimen. Several fatigue pre-stress conditions were studied. The post-weld heat treatment influence was analyzed. The damage contributions of fatigue and creep were studied using electron microscopy. The results were compared to previous results obtained on base material.