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Deployable Energy achieves criticality at INL
Ahead of the July 4 deadline set by President Trump in Executive Order 14301, the nuclear community has been following the developments of the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program, in which companies have been pursuing DOE authorization to build and test their first-of-a-kind nuclear technologies. The EO set an ambitious goal of three reactors achieving criticality by July 4, 2026.
Jae-Uk Lee, Min Ho Chang, Sei-Hun Yun, Jin-Kuk Ha, Euy Soo Lee, In-Beum Lee
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 71 | Number 3 | April 2017 | Pages 296-304
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1291027
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A Tokamak has startup and shutdown periods during which demand specifications differ from those during steady fueling operation. These periods can affect the required number of getter beds of the Storage and Delivery System. In this study, we developed a mathematical model based on the State Task Network, and an algorithm that considers daily operation which includes the period from startup to shutdown to find the optimal number of getter beds. This algorithm can estimate the optimal initial inventory of tritium or deuterium in a getter bed to compensate for fuel consumption until shutdown. The inductive operation mode of the Tokamak is analyzed to illustrate the applicability of the model and algorithm.