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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.
K. Toi, T. Morisaki, S. Sakakibara, S. Ohdachi, T. Minami, S. Morita, H. Yamada, K. Tanaka, K. Ida, S. Okamura, A. Ejiri, H. Iguchi, K. Nishimura, K. Matsuoka, A. Ando, J. Xu, I. Yamada, K. Narihara, R. Akiyama, H. Idei, S. Kubo, T. Ozaki, C. Takahashi, K. Tsumori
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 27 | Number 3 | April 1995 | Pages 190-193
Helical Systems | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A11947066
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In CHS rapid H-mode transition is observed in NBI heated deuterium and hydrogen plasmas without obvious isotope effect, when a net plasma current is ramped up to increase the external rotational transform. The H-mode of CHS has many similarities with those in tokamaks. Recent measurement with fast response Langmuir probes has revealed that the rapid change in floating potential occurs at the transition, but the change follows the formation of edge transport barrier. The presence of È = 1 surface near the edge and sawtooth crash triggered by internal modes may play an important role for determining the H-mode transition in CHS.