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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.
Akio Sagara, Nobuyoshi Ohyabu, Osamu Motojima
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 27 | Number 3 | April 1995 | Pages 532-535
Plasma Particle and Heat Control Studies | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A11962957
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A new method of high efficient discharge cleaning using Local Island Divertor(LID) in the Large Helical Device(LHD) project is proposed as one of optional merits of LID. This method drastically shortens the discharge cleaning time required in wall conditioning to remove main impurities such as oxygen on the surface of plasma facing components. The first estimation concludes very fast conditioning in less than one hour even in a large machine like LHD, which usually needs more than a few weeks with conventional discharge cleaning methods. Demonstration in actual plasma devices is proposed.