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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.
R. Chapman, G. H. Miley, W. Kernbichler, M. Heindler
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 15 | Number 2 | March 1989 | Pages 1154-1159
Alternate Fuels and Innovative Confinement Concept | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A39849
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The objective of this study is to examine a fusion space propulsion system using D-3He in a reversed field configuration (FRC). Such a configuration provides good confinement and high-β operation with high power densities in a compact design. The reversed field is maintained by a combination of fuel pellet injection and energetic fusion products which create an azimuthal plasma current. The shielding requirements for a design using D-3He are minimized, providing an attractive power to weight ratio. Thrust is achieved through the use of a magnetic nozzle, where propellant is mixed with cold plasma flowing along open field lines and the mixture is exhausted through the nozzle.