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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.
Yuki Edao, Satoshi Fukada, Hidetaka Noguchi, Akio Sagara
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 55 | Number 2 | February 2009 | Pages 140-151
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST09-A4067
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The rate of tritium released from temperature-controlled Flibe (a mixed molten salt of 2LiF + BeF2) after neutron irradiation was determined comparatively under two different conditions of Ar-H2 (10%) or Ar gas purge at a constant or linearly elevated temperature. Experimental rates of tritium release were analyzed based on its diffusion in Flibe and isotopic exchange between T atoms on surfaces and H atoms included in gaseous components. Gas released from Flibe had compositions of various ratios of HT to TF depending on the different conditions of Ar-H2 or Ar purge gas. The major molecular species of tritium released from Flibe after neutron irradiation was HT under the condition of the Ar-H2 purge and 300°C. The rate of tritium release under the Ar-H2 purge was simulated well by the present analytical model. Although its chemical form immediately after the release was TF under the condition of Ar purge, it was changed to HT partly by interaction with metallic surfaces.