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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.
Jörg Reimann, Matthias Behnke
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 38 | Number 3 | November 2000 | Pages 299-309
Technical Paper | Special Issue on Beryllium Technology for Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST00-A36143
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Uniaxial compression tests with monosized and binary beryllium pebble beds were performed in a temperature range between ambient temperature and 480 °C and pressures up to 8 MPa. Empirical correlations for the moduli of deformation are given for the different bed types and first measurements for thermal creep are presented. Stress-strain relations depend sensitively on the initial state of the bed and with this on the filling procedure. This is of special importance for binary beds where it must be ensured that a homogeneous distribution of small pebbles in the bed is obtained. First results for triaxial compression tests for monosized and binary beds are reported. The internal friction of these beds is significantly larger than that of beds with particles with smooth surfaces.
