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INL’s new innovation incubator could link start-ups with an industry sponsor
Idaho National Laboratory is looking for a sponsor to invest $5 million–$10 million in a privately funded innovation incubator to support seed-stage start-ups working in nuclear energy, integrated energy systems, cybersecurity, or advanced materials. For their investment, the sponsor gets access to what INL calls “a turnkey source of cutting-edge American innovation.” Not only are technologies supported by the program “substantially de-risked” by going through technical review and development at a national laboratory, but the arrangement “adds credibility, goodwill, and visibility to the private sector sponsor’s investments,” according to INL.
M. Theobald, P. Baclet, O. Legaie., J. Durand.
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 38 | Number 1 | July 2000 | Pages 62-68
Technical Paper | Thirteenth Target Fabrication Specialists’ Meeting | doi.org/10.13182/FST00-A36118
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Amorphous hydrogenated carbon films are the nominal ablators to be used in French inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments. These targets are developed for the future Megajoule laser (LMJ) of the CEA. Coatings are prepared by remote rf-PECVD and their properties have been investigated. Laser fusion targets must have optimized optical characteristics (UV-visible transparency), mechanical strength, high gas permeability, low oxygen pollution. The films are characterized by 13C NMR, RBS, UV-visible spectroscopy, gas permeation, thermogravimetric analysis. A study of the glow discharge is also developed using optical emission spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. In this article, we try to understand the relationships between precursors, plasma composition, deposition rate and film properties.Best results are obtained with trans-2-butene/hydrogen (T2B/H2) coatings in post-discharge.
