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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.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 26 | Number 3 | November 1994 | Pages 673-678
Plasma Fueling and Fuel Cycle | Proceedings of the Eleventh Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy New Orleans, Louisiana June 19-23, 1994 | doi.org/10.13182/FST94-A40235
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Tritiated stainless steel surfaces are shown to evolve tritiated species other than HTO and HT. These species are identified as being organic in nature and highly condensable on system walls. The source of the organics is viewed as being the hydrocarbon layer on the stainless steel surface. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of cleaned stainless steel surfaces indicate that a majority of the surface is covered by carbon. The carbon is bound predominantly in hydrocarbon groups. Engineering materials are expected to be sources of hydrocarbons awaiting tritiation. These volatile tritiated organics could have an impact on dosimetric calculations and on surface contamination of metals.