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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.
Thomas H. Batzer, Wayne R. Call
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1281-1283
Impurity Control and Vacuum Technology | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A39944
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To predict the leak rates of liquid helium and liquid nitrogen containers at operating conditions we need to know how small leaks (10−8 to 10−5 atm-cm3 air/s), measured at standard conditions, behave when flooded with these cryogens. Two small leaks were measured at ambient conditions (∼750 Torr and 295 K), at the normal boiling points of LN2 and LHe, and at elevated pressures above the liquids. The ratios of the leak rates of the liquids at ambient pressure to the gases (G) at ambient pressure and room temperature were: The leak rate ratio of LN2 at elevated pressure was linear with pressure. The leak rate ratio of LHe at elevated pressure was also linear with pressure.