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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.
Mike A. Salazar, Pete Gobby, Robert Watt
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 38 | Number 1 | July 2000 | Pages 136-138
Technical Paper | Thirteenth Target Fabrication Specialists’ Meeting | doi.org/10.13182/FST00-A36130
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A reliable easy to use, transportable pressure measurement device (Fig.1) for assessing the gas fill in spherical ICF targets is needed for LANL experiments at OMEGA. This paper describes the burst system design and the method used to calibrate and operate the system. It also presents the first test results.