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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.
J. Wei, L. Bromberg, R. C. Myer, D. R. Cohn
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 15 | Number 2 | March 1989 | Pages 1071-1075
Plasma Heating and Current Drive — II | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A39834
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Neutral beam injection into CIT is discussed. Monte Carlo methods are used to evaluate available windows of operating density and beam energies. The beam deposition profile is determined for a wide range of parameters. The effects of the excitation enhanced ionization cross section have been studied, both with and without impurities. Enhanced ionization processes and impurities are found to prevent the penetration of 300 keV deuterium beams. Requirements for low energy beam injection are determined. In order to utilize the TFTR power supplies (300 kV maximum), it is necessary to inject hydrogen beams.