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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.
M.C. Perrin
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 531-535
Material Engineering — Behavior | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40093
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A materials testing scenario was developed to determine the effects of irradiation on five key material properties needed for fusion reactor design. These properties, tensile strength, fracture toughness, irradiation creep, fatigue, and swelling, were selected after consideration of the most likely failure modes to occur in a fusion reactor. Three structural materials were chosen for investigation: PCA, HT-9, and V-15Cr-5Ti. A total of 10,104 specimens were specified for irradiation, but initially only 1246 specimens would be tested. The entire testing scenario can be completed in 5-1/2 years in existing facilities.